11/07/2020
Why rising in the number of criminal cases such as domestic violence due to the containment of people in their home during Covid 19 Lockdown.
My View:
it is not a thought but a fact that domestic violence has risen due to the COVID-19 effects. Lockdown has increased stress in individuals due to their inability to cope with its ill effects in terms of economy and well being. People are loosing jobs, businesses are loosing customers. Many citizens are unable to control their emotions in difficult circumstances and act violent due to stress and anxiety. News reports everywhere are stating instances of rise in domestic violence due to lockdown. Anger is a sin of hell. Most people unlike saints and mahatmas cant control their anger since of the early homo-sapiens instinct human being carry genetically. This dependency of human beings to earn and live off a barter system with a common currency known as money, requires collaborative work which is not possible during lockdown. Due to this impossibility, humans are facing new challenges like never before. A lawyer needs his client to pay the fees for his survival and a client needs his lawyer to handle his discourses in business for his survival. When no one is allowed to visit the other freely, it causes a impossibility of exchange of resources which causes fear of hunger and loss in profit. This fear takes the form of irritation anxiety and finally, anger. This anger results in increase of domestic violence. Therefore it is important for humans to change their ways of resource exchange i.e. by becoming more independent in fundamental ways, to prevent a discourse in livelihood. Indian wives and mothers are known for withstanding domestic violence unlike any other developed nation due to poor mentality in male dominating societies.
This domination of male in the society is caused due to lack of education and genetic evolutions also plays a great role. But effects of lockdown has aggravated the factors which decline mental health, giving anger a sin of hell, a chance to enter into the minds of helpless human beings. It has been the nature of mankind to explore the known world, then the known cosmos. But forced containment in their homes, go against the basic nature of humankind to explore the world. As Aristotle once said, “man is a social animal” indicating that humans needs social interactions to stay stable mentally and physically.
This COVID-19 has turned the table and is testing basic human instincts to the limit. Neither the Governments nor the people of a sovereign faced such a pandemic in the new world order. Therefore the mental status of humans as a whole is degrading. It is important for people to accept this new way of life, or else, face the consequences of it. Another concern is that of increased level of suspicion among husband and wife during lockdown leading to domestic violence. Since in today’s global world, mostly in corporate sectors, both male and female are working together which requires collaboration and discussions among opposite s*x in order to get a work done. Specially in IT (Information Technology) Department and other departments including huge number of both genders who require constant collaboration and exchange of information. But due to the Indian traditional ways of insecurities in thoughts, if a man talks to a office associate of the opposite gender about work in a free manner, the wife may be a victim of suspicion. Similarly is the case with the working wife. Hence, Indian men are known for being jealous and insecure from ancient times. Moreover, in case of real adultery cases where people have extra marital affairs, keeping it a secrete is becoming more tough due to COVID-19 lockdown. People who have lost emotional connection with their spouses and are enjoying the same out of wedlock are forced to live 24/7 with their spouses, which also causes s*xual discourse leading to stress which I turn taken the form of domestic violence. But not only women but men are also becoming victim of such domestic violence and abuses from suspicious wives.
Most women with an unstable mind are creating ruckus for their husbands and subjecting their husbands to all kinds of mental abuse and physical torture, whenever possible. Both the genders are equally responsible for the modern day family riots inside households. All this can only be tamed by meditation and practice of universal love, which is uncommon in big cities specially, metros. People have to learn to face the truth and live with each other discussing their lack of physical, s*xual, mental and emotional wellbeing due to COVID-19. Escape artists are facing the worst trouble during these times. Maybe its god way to tame the human kind.
Prachi Singh
Advocate at Supreme Court of India
www.legesjurisassociates.com
