India they say is a patriarchal society (male dominated) that oppressed its women and so, our policymakers in there wisdom constituted laws to safeguard freedom & empower women that's half of our population. Whether the laws that were deemed draconian by section of society to protect freedom and safety of women were useful is debatable, but rampant misuse of gender biased laws is a growing concern. The frequent misuse of anti-dowry and rape laws has initiated debate whether govt should amend such barbaric laws or not ?
Empowering women through financial independence is prudent and praiseworthy as it teaches women, to rise above the fear and speak against the wrong. An educated women can better take care of her family and thus instrumental in strengthening the society.Unfortunately,freedom and women empowerment are the most misinterpreted, misunderstood and misused words in our society today, in most of the cases it is interpreted or compared with irregularities in lifestyle. With increasing number of females getting education and absorbed in workforce there was felt an urgent need to protect them from unscrupulous elements thus legislating laws for there safety and well being. Similarly laws were made to end exploitation of women in marriage.
The growing concern in our society today is the frequent misuse of gender biased laws by women. Excessive amounts of freedom sometimes led to its misuse and the biggest irony is women are exploiting the same laws meant to protect them for settling personal scores in there relationships. It is imperative for lawmakers to understand that Indian society has transformed immensely, women have become westernized and easily walkout of relationships on frivolous issues with little or no inducement. Concocted and fabricated cases are leveled against men often with catastrophic results for men and his family.
After the infamous "Nirbhaya" case, women rights organizations vehemently advocated for more stringent harsher punishment for rapists. It's a common practice now, women who develop consensual physical relationship with their lovers and after the relationship goes sour file false rape cases to force(intimidate) guys to marry them. Such false cases make mockery of institution of marriage and deprecates our society immensely.A study of rape cases by Delhi Commission for Women in Delhi filed in a six month period found that the majority of rape cases (53+%) were false. This unacceptably high rate of false accusations has set an extremely dangerous precedent to the dignity and liberty of innocent men who are incarcerated without proper investigation merely on the basis of allegations and thus seriously undermines the credence of genuine rape victims.
Another dangerous and unfortunate addition to this saga is the media itch to play adjudicator. Earlier, we witnessed mob justice in Nagaland when people lynched to death an alleged rapist in north eastern state of India. Mob justice dispensation on mere allegation of rape is a travesty of justice. Reports of the alleged victim’s medical examination however pointed to the murdered man’s possible de facto innocence.
Another high profile case hogging limelight is the video of two infamous Rohtak sisters bravado of mercilessly beating a guy over alleged rape and molestation attempt. Dubbed by the media as “braveheart sisters” were felicitated by govt and certain social organizations only to realize later after investigation there bogus and malicious conduct thus exonerating the victim(guy) . Newspapers are nowadays are riddled with such fictitious stories of allegations by girls,and after investigation such cases fell flat on substance.
The role of media in such cases is questionable, horrific acts of violence on men and the vilification of men in general discourse is unfortunate. Media channels resort to passing stereotypes against men thus making situation more grim for men with each passing day. Crimes aren't gender dependent and to stem the wroth in our society, we need legal and social reforms rather legislating draconian laws making guys vulnerable to its misuse. We cannot end the problem of violence against women unless we eradicate the social problems that haunt the Indian society -- illiteracy, poverty and other social evils plaguing society. Biased and draconian laws that lead to false convictions of innocent men are not only unfair to men, but also to true rape victims and the society in general.
Advocating for equal rights for men and opposing women biased laws is the need of hour and shouldn't be construed as misogynist rather society should awake from slumber and in all fairness provide equal rights to men for securing the social fabric from deteriorating into chaos. Our legal system shouldn't be a mute spectator of ordeal to innocent men and his family while such vicious women after committing perjury go scot-free.
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