Originally posted by: prerna4rishav
Charu - check the below reply from a member (sorry I cannot recall the username but full credit goes to her, I have saved it on my phone, not just for this shitty show, but in general, such a good read) on man slapping woman vs woman slapping man. This is the most apt and precise post on this issue I have come across -
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There's a reason slapping a man CAN NOT BE equated to slapping a woman. I repeat there is a clear backdrop and social picture , heck an entire history of social gender struggles and structures behind it.
There's a reason that in many countries only thr wife can bring charges of poly marriage. There's a reason why domestic violence rules in most of the countries are completely tilted in favor of woman. As it should be. Gender blender can not work here in a country like ours where every 4 out of 10 woman has directly faced physical violence in some form or another from a male close one, be it father/ brother / son / husband / uncle / cousins / in laws and or friends. There's consequences to showing a man hitting a fragile woman.
The basic psychology is in fact different in the two cases. Its traditionally known that women more often hit a man out of helplessness, distress or an act of self defense, while men usually hit a woman to establish power , dominance, intending to over power, subdue or teach a lesson, protect male ego or simply for the heck of it.