On Wife Beating – A Satyamev Jayate Episode

I was watching this episode…could not watch the entire show but here are my 2 cents on this topic. The show was implying that it is the inherent quality of a male to beat his wife – because since eons the male- as husband –  is referred to as ‘Swami’ so the wife automatically becomes the servant and it is but natural to beat up the servant if he/she is not doing the chores allotted to him/her on time or properly. Also the fact that the ‘lower’ servant/ labor class…

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