Aarti Natarajan recently wrote an article about domestic violence. I include an excerpt:
Domestic violence is a universal evil. It dwells deep in many households across the world. Millions of women live under the dark shadows of domestic everyday. It is high time we wake up and raise our voice against this crime.
Why this need to cower and meekly accept whatever is dished out? Isn’t it high time we raised our voice against an evil that is eating away at the roots of our existence? What good is a bill passed against domestic violence when there is no one to implement it?
It took ten years for my mother to shake herself free from the shackles of daily violence. I implore you all; don’t let it take you that long. There is no crime worse than an infliction of violence on the woman you once promised to love, protect and cherish. This atrocity needs to be stopped. Stop it now, before you become the next victim.
I agree with Aarti Natarajan. Let’s put an end to domestic violence. We need to not only support legislative bills against domestic violence, but also we need to take action ourselves.
What do you think?
Tuesday, May 1st 2007 at 6:39 am
There will be no end to domestic violence until we finally face the fact that women are perpetrators as well as victims.
(Btw. I am not a battered man. Just a woman with a sense of fairness.)