Deepakshi Rathore, Manipal University, Jaipur
Introduction
Structural Violence, unlike physical violence does not create direct harm or assault to the body by a person or a group of people, although it does involve harm to the women physically, mentally, economically and socially. It is to structurally by social means make a woman so incapable of handling her own affairs or to take care of her child or children that it may even lead to death of her child(ren) or in many cases, herself.
There are many grave problems that women face, due to her “weak” or “incapable” image in the society. Women who are victims of abuse by men, roughly 17.5% are physically abused, 3% are sexually abused and 6.1% are psychologically maltreated. This results is women having various injuries, diseases such as HIV/AIDS or other infectious diseases. Some women also do drug abuse, in order to escape the feeling she had when she was mentally, physically or sexually abused, as she is unable to speak against the only person who is earning the bread in the house.
