Literature DB >> 25238869

"Stop importing weapons of family destruction!": cyberdiscourses, patriarchal anxieties, and the men's backlash movement in India.

Sharmila Lodhia1.   

Abstract

A critical, albeit understudied, dimension of the backlash against women's anti-violence advocacy is the rise of Indian men's rights organizations formed to lobby for changes to, and in some cases, the complete abolition of vital legal protections for women. Utilizing cyber forums, public protests, and print media, these groups disseminate narratives of women wreaking destruction on the Indian family through their alleged misuse of "gender-biased" laws. These activities are significant because they operate as transnational sites of meaning making about the realities of violence against women in India and because they conspire in a distortion of reality that jeopardizes ongoing advocacy efforts.
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Keywords:  India; backlash; men’s rights movement

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Year:  2014        PMID: 25238869     DOI: 10.1177/1077801214546906

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Violence Against Women        ISSN: 1077-8012


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