Urbanization and Domestic Violence with Special Reference to Women

Author(s): Mumdam Saring and Dr. Mrs. Anga Padu

Abstract:

Urbanization is highly associated with immense independence and privilege for women worldwide. But there are also considerable risk of violence and constraints on women. Urbanization can intensify the risk factors of women making them vulnerable to attack within domestic setting. Erstwhile, domestic violence against women has been of concern to feminists and cultural sociologists but in 21st century it has also begun to be considered and diagnosed as a developmental problem. The advancement and progressive changes in personal and professional life due to urbanization assists to construct violent attitude towards women which has resulted in heightening the consequences of domestic violence against women. Urbanization has brought remarkable and rapid changes by transforming the rural society into urban society. It is right to say that urbanization and development go hand in hand. However, women living in urban areas are at higher risk of exposure to domestic violence. Hence, urbanization is a significant variable in scrutinizing domestic violence scenes. Its influence in the magnitude of domestic violence is also widely prevalent and cannot be ignored. The present paper, therefore, is an attempt to highlight the role of urbanization on domestic violence against women in based on various secondary sources of data.

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