In a recent discussion on a TV channel about men’s suicides in India, the woman panelist gave some interesting opinions about the importance (or lack of it) of men’s suicides. The video is linked below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cT6n9D0PZY
At 36:00 min, the woman makes a comments which would gladden the hearts of all radical feminists. She says:
Dipak Kumar Dash, TNN | Jul 2, 2012, 03.08AM IST
NEW DELHI: Divorce, “illegitimate pregnancy” and professional/career problems seem to be pushing more people to commit suicide. According to the NCRB report, in 2011, at least 16 people committed suicide every hour and the total figure was 1.35 lakh.
Male disposability is inherent in society, and some may even argue that a soldier takes on a job which is inherently life-risking and that they are paid to be soldiers. But these soldiers who committed suicides were not told before they joined army in J&K that they are more likely to die from suicide than in defending the country!
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/202809/in-coping-stress-men-could.html
Parvathy Anoop
Women have traditionally been labelled the weaker sex. But the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for suicide rates each year contradicts this and shows a consistent increase in the rate of suicides among men, especially married men.
Memorandum against abuse and arrests of mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law in Section 498a and DV act cases.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 2012, we the women representing the community of mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law would highlight the discrimination and abuse faced by us in Karnataka and all over India.