TW: Domestic violence The tradition of denying women their agency is an ancient one in our country. Women are viewed as ‘objects’ or ‘property’ to be handed down from one male relation to another. The ancient text of Manusmriti illustrates women’s positions as, “In childhood, a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, and when her lord is dead, to her sons; a woman must never...
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