Maneka On Marital Rape

Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.

Almost immediately after Deepti’s wedding at a traditional ceremony in Delhi, the horrific abuse began — behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband. “He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted in hospital,” she told AFP, shuddering at the memory of the assaults she endured for months before running away. ...

At a time when women journalists and others are complaining about prolific and misogynistic online abuse, union minister Maneka Gandhi has said that the government's new agenda for women's rights and equality looks "very strongly" at how to fight "viciousness against women on the net" which, she said, must be treated at par with violence.

A Parliamentary panel has observed that if the issue of marital rape is brought under law, the entire family system will be under great stress.

Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.

Almost immediately after Deepti’s wedding at a traditional ceremony in Delhi, the horrific abuse began — behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband. “He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted in hospital,” she told AFP, shuddering at the memory of the assaults she endured for months before running away. ...

At a time when women journalists and others are complaining about prolific and misogynistic online abuse, union minister Maneka Gandhi has said that the government's new agenda for women's rights and equality looks "very strongly" at how to fight "viciousness against women on the net" which, she said, must be treated at par with violence.

A Parliamentary panel has observed that if the issue of marital rape is brought under law, the entire family system will be under great stress.