Shraddha Walkar. Aiswarya Unnithan. Vismaya Nair. Countless other women whose names we might or might not know have lost their lives to intimate partner violence. Every time the death of a woman due to domestic abuse hits the headlines, several questions are raised: What happened? Why didn’t she leave? Was there dowry involved? Did she not have a job? But one thing we hardly consider is if she had the privilege to lead a single, unpartnered life. Would she have been given a house on rent? Would she have been incessantly approached by men for sexual favours?
A woman being single is actively discouraged in India
