A woman being single is actively discouraged in India

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?

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