GUWAHATI: In a familial discord turned ugly incident, a woman beat up and broke the teeth of her son-in-law in Morajhar, Hojai.
Azimuddin, the victim, filed a police complaint against his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, alleging that the mother-son duo beat up him with sticks and charging lights over a trivial matter.
"They attacked and beat up me with bamboo sticks and charging lights over a trivial matter. I filed a case against my mother-in-law Mariam Begum and son-in-law Ali Ahmed," he said.
Societal acceptance of domestic violence against women is prevalent in developing countries with 36 per cent of the global population justifying it in some cases, a new research said. The study found most cases were reported with male partners beating the women for going out without permission; arguing; neglecting the children; suspicion over promiscuity; refusal to have sex; or for bad culinary skills. Approximately 36 per cent of those questioned during the study justified at least one of these situations, LynnMarie Sardinha, the researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK, said.
Most justifications came from women in highly patriarchal societies that suggested they have "internalised the idea of a husband who physically punishes his wife or verbally reprimands her as an exercise of his right that serves her interest", Sardinha added. Most "perceive this behaviour as legitimate disciplining, rather than an act of violence", the researcher said.
For the study, the researchers used Demographic and Health Surveys, examined 1.17 million men and women in 49 low and middle-income countries. The results showed that attitude towards domestic violence varied across nations with 83 per cent of Timor-Leste population in Southeast Asia justifying it. Overall, social acceptance is higher in South Asia with 47 per cent.
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