If we were talking of an urban society in the eighties, probably atrocities on women was a worthy enough cause to champion - because there used to be more atrocities on women than on men. Today it is no longer a valid scenario in India cities - in fact it has become an artifice to oppress the men, especially in urban areas. Today the media trumpets a sporadic incident of someone abusing a woman. What about the atrocities inflicted by the women on men to which the media chooses to be deaf, blind and dumb ? For example, just take a look at our Divorce laws - it's so biased against men. How many articles do we find in the media on this ? Women's liberation has happended in urban India - now there's no need to accord urban women special status and go ga ga over every exhibition of chauvinism by males. Why don't we in the same vein deplore the feminists ? I guess social workers and the media are mostly city centric. Hence they do not venture out into the multitudes of Indian villages where this scenario still prevails. A plea to the media - please leave the urban scene and go to the villages if there's an honest intention to stop atrocities against women.
