Tarush, Amity Law School, Noida
Dr Meenu Sharma, Amity Law School, Noida
ABSTRACT
The coin has two sides but the lawmakers and the society have chosen to see just one side of the same ie. Female centric. The times are changing and so is society.
Men are victims in the same manner that women are, but society ignores male victimization because there is a preconceived belief that only women are subjected to abuse and harassment by males, not the other way around.
There are numerous laws protecting women, but none protecting men. Presumption and assumption are causing the toll and the same to be borne by males and trans genders, though indirectly it affects females also. Not just the legislature but the judiciary has also been sensitized towards the crimes faced by females and not males. Various judgments have shown a one-sided approach. They have not just neglected but even have failed to acknowledge that the crimes are faced by men and trans genders too.
There are various provisions in family law, both Hindu and Muslim personal law and other laws which postulate a biased approach. However, the focus of the research will be solely in the context of Criminal Law. Indian Penal Code 1860 and the various amendments made in 2013 and 2018, all sightlessly focus on the woman as a victim, and never even once did it occur to the law framers that the very same offenses in which they are considering males as perpetrators, females are equally capable of doing the same still they are not made punishable for it.
