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Attitude and Attribution Towards Domestic Violence Among Women in India


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1 Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
2 Department of Social Management, Lai Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
     

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Women in India have a status of being sub-ordinate to men. Men and women are not considered equal, men being the superior. The patriarchal set up of this country leads to gender specific socialization. Men learn to rule women form childhood, either directly or indirectly. Thus the cultural limitation in India often makes women think that all the atrocities done to them are fair. It is seen many a times that women themselves support violence against women, whether to themselves or to other women they know. Education is also a very important factor in determining how women take the abuse form others. Higher educational level seems to be a protective factor against domestic violence. Apart from these social supports, living area, employment, socio-economic status, family structure, husband's characteristics are considered important in determining in attitudes towards domestic violence in women and how they attribute the causes of domestic violence.

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Domestic Violence, Attitudes, India.
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Authors

Ekta Soni
Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
Rakesh Kumar Behmani
Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
Sunita Rani
Department of Social Management, Lai Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


Women in India have a status of being sub-ordinate to men. Men and women are not considered equal, men being the superior. The patriarchal set up of this country leads to gender specific socialization. Men learn to rule women form childhood, either directly or indirectly. Thus the cultural limitation in India often makes women think that all the atrocities done to them are fair. It is seen many a times that women themselves support violence against women, whether to themselves or to other women they know. Education is also a very important factor in determining how women take the abuse form others. Higher educational level seems to be a protective factor against domestic violence. Apart from these social supports, living area, employment, socio-economic status, family structure, husband's characteristics are considered important in determining in attitudes towards domestic violence in women and how they attribute the causes of domestic violence.

Keywords


Domestic Violence, Attitudes, India.