{"id":6417,"date":"2016-03-28T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=6417"},"modified":"2016-03-28T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T13:05:45","slug":"gender-equality-men-can-be-victims-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/gender-equality-men-can-be-victims-too.html","title":{"rendered":"Gender Equality: Men Can Be Victims Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Women need to be empowered and rightly so, they need laws to protect them. We have all had notions that we live in a Patriarchal\u00a0society, where men are better of than women. However, how true is this in reality? Can we vouch for the fact that men are not victims of the very same Patriarchy?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Here are a few shocking statistics and facts that will leave you questioning your own idea of the fairness of our Legal Framework and notions of Patriarchy.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28112854\/Male-domestic-violence-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6418\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6418 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28112854\/Male-domestic-violence-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Male-domestic-violence\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, we might have always thought this was a joke.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Men being beaten up by their wives might sound like those funny jokes the uncles in our neighbourhood crack in their evening casual get-togethers. But, Domestic Violence has left many families shattered and many men have failed to open up. The reason&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28113809\/male-domestic-violence-law-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6419\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6419 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28113809\/male-domestic-violence-law-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"male-domestic-violence-law\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 730\/930;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Male rape is as much a sad reality of our society as is Female Rape. However, this fact will shock you even more. According to our existing laws, Male Rape is not a Crime!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28114720\/male-rape-gender-equality-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6422\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6422 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28114720\/male-rape-gender-equality-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"male-rape-gender-equality\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 730\/930;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">The sad part is when laws made to protect one gender is misused as a weapon to harm the other!<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28120911\/male-suicide-dowry-law-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6423\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6423 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28120911\/male-suicide-dowry-law-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"male-suicide-dowry-law\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 730\/930;\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Have we not forgotten the true meaning of Feminism?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28121203\/feminism-gender-equality-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6424\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6424 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28121203\/feminism-gender-equality-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"feminism-gender-equality\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 730\/930;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">Somewhere, the problem is internal. Unless men break the silence, there is no way to get heard and seek help!<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28121441\/male-victims-speak-up-compressor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6425\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6425 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/28121441\/male-victims-speak-up-compressor-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"male-victims-speak-up\" width=\"730\" height=\"930\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 730px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 730\/930;\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; color: black;\">This is not a fight between Men and Women. It&#8217;s time to join hands and work towards a society free from gender biases. It&#8217;s time to protect victims and punish the offenders, irrespective of their gender.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women need to be empowered and rightly so, they need laws to protect them. We have all had notions that we live in a Patriarchal\u00a0society, where men are better of than women. However, how true is this in reality? Can we vouch for the fact that men are not victims of the very same Patriarchy?\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse","category-gender-based-trauma-and-discrimination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}