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SOCIAL CAUSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A STUDY
Abstract
Violence against women is present in every country, cutting across boundaries of culture, class, education, income, ethnicity and age. Even though most societies prescribe violence against women, but the reality is that violations against women’s human rights are often sanctioned under the garb of cultural practices and norms, or through misinterpretation of religious tenets. It is one of the most pervasive of human rights violations, denying women and girl’s equality, security, dignity, self-worth, and their right to enjoy fundamental freedoms. Domestic violence takes place across all groups and cultures. Various studies have revealed that misunderstanding between the husband and the wife, infidelity, economic inequality between men and women, demand for dowry, indifferent attitude of in-laws, infertility etc. are common causes of domestic violence. Based on a sample of 150 respondents selected from Ganderbal district of Kashmir valley, the study examines the social causes of domestic violence against rural women in Kashmir. A stratified random sampling technique was used to collect information from female victims of domestic violence chosen from rural areas of Ganderbal district. For the present study, an explanatory research design was used. The paper provides useful insights into the link between gender inequality and discrimination as root cause of violence against women, and in identifying the social causes of domestic violence and their nature against rural women in Kashmir,
Keywords: Social causes, demand for dowry, infertility, indifferent attitude of in-laws, domestic violence, rural women, Kashmir