Men’s violence against their wives
The first reason why women tolerate their husband’s violence against them is explained by social misjudgment. Some societies have always denied women’s rights. Women were misjudged by society for several reasons; they are inferior, secondary and independent on men. Moreover, their reputation is easy to destroy. As a result, this affected women negatively. For instance, women lost their confidence, their identity, and their courage to fight back. Take, for example, the divorce issue; many women prefer their husband’s violence to divorce. This due to the fact that divorced women are not appreciated by society. Furthermore, most of the time society does not reinforce, implement, or practice the law against violence. For example, the police have always pacified women and settled violence issue locally. Consequently, women stopped reporting to the police because they lost confidence and faith in the police. According to www.unescap.org : “Although 65% of the sample said that their spouse had been verbally or physically abusive, 56% said that they had not sought help for this violence.”
The second reason why women tolerate their husband’s violence against them is explained by women’s economic dependency. In most societies it is the man who is the head of the family; he has to provide all kinds of support such as financial support. Housewives, for example, do not have their own revenues, so they fully depend on the husband for clothing, food, health, and shelter. The number of children is a burden that may stop a woman from asking for divorce. A housewife cannot take care of herself let alone of her children. In case of divorce, the judge may give the children’s custody to the father. As a matter of fact, the more the number of children is, the more the woman tolerates her husband’s violence. A survey in the website www.nfhsindia.com reveals that “The prevalence of spousal physical or sexual violence is much higher among...