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Sociology of Kinship

Notes out of school but wish to study further, should be provided free education. Vocational and
other kinds of training should be provided. This will boost their self-confidence. They will
become aware of their rights and oppose harassment against themselves.
4. Punishment: Those who harass their wives should be socially condemned and publicly
punished, so that others too, learn a lesson and refrain from it.
5. Establishment of Women Courts: To hear cases of violence and other crimes against wom-
en, separate women’s courts should be set up where the judge should also be a female. This
will help women overcome the fear, associated with going to the regular courts. They will
be able to say their part of the story. The hearing and proceedings of such courts should not
be accessible to the public. The judge, the accused (culprit) and the victim, with her sup-
porters are the only ones who should be allowed inside the courtroom.
6. Legal Aid and consultancy: To provide legal aid to the victims (women) and to address
their issues, self-help organisations should come forward. They should provide free help
and guidance to the victims, so that are able to lead a happy life, again.
7. Formation of Women’s Organisations: To free the victims from torture, to provide them
legal and monetary aid, to give them moral support and to boost their self-confidence, max-
imum number of women’s organisations should be set up. Such organisations should talk
to the victim’s husband, parents-in law and others related to the in-laws, put moral and
social pressure to solve the problem. Instead of making personal efforts, if group efforts by
women are made, they will prove to be more effective.
8. Change in Attitude: To prevent violence and crime against women, the mind set/thoughts
of the girl’s parents should also be changed. From the very childhood, they (the girls) are
socially conditioned in such a matter that they bear everything without ever protesting.
Since childhood, it is drilled into a girls psyche that her husband is equal to God and once
she goes to her husband’s home, only death can move her out of there, women are preached
to be tolerant, etc. Because of these teachings and preaching, she silently bears everything
and she does not protest. Why do the parents compel their daughters to stay at their in-laws
home even when they do not want to? Why do not they call them back home? Why do they
make their daughter a scapegoat just for the fear of social stigma?

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
4. One of the reasons for torture at women is _____________ of women also.
5. They are dependent on their husbands and in-laws to get _____________ for their children
and themselves.
6. To prevent violence and crime _____________ women, the mind set of the girl’s parents
should also be changed.

Women should not remain inactive in the face of violence. They should be
aware of their suppression and exploitation and should oppose. They should
seek help from the court, law and their own family. When women tolerate vio-
lence, it has a bad effect on their children. They become meek and the develop-
ment of their personality gets obstructed. Thus, women are the one’s who have
to rise up, raise their voices, become aware and protest then only they can free
themselves from dangerous circumstances.

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