On the 7th of August 2009, there was a discussion in the Parliament house about dowry. That discussion is available at Lok Sabha Questions. Highlights of the article are that since 5243 complaints have been received in 2007, as opposed to 3204 and 4504 cases in 2005 and 2006 respectively, crime against women is rising.
So as per the Women and Child Development minister Krishna Tirath, rising complaints of dowry by women is an indication of rising crime against women.
However, there are some key points to note here.
- Merely filing of a complaint cannot be taken as a straightforward indication of growing crime. Had that been true, then there was no need to have a complex criminal justice system, merely complaints would have become the basis of sentences. However, that not being the truth and complaints required to be proven true is an essence of establishment of a trend of growing crime. However, in case of gender biased women oriented anti male laws number of complaints is taken as the basis of rising trend and this goes unchallenged because the society by default hates men and nourishes misandry. (more…)
