Citation

Lodhia S. Violence Against Women 2014; 20(8): 905-936.

Affiliation

Santa Clara University, CA, USA slodhia@scu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214546906

PMID

25238869

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.

Language: en