Domestic Violence in Rural Areas

Abstract

Women in India have been facing violence in all spheres of life for thousands of years. They face domestic, political and social violence also, making it a multifaceted and complicated issue.

Before the advent of the Aryans, women had a high status in the family and in society under the matriarchal system that was then practised. With the patriarchal system, men were given a god- like status which led to the
subordination of women and the beginning of domestic violence.