| Husband comes drunk and hits his wife. This must be | | | | bring the husband and wife to a mutual understanding |
| a daily feature in the crime column of your Daily | | | | and try to make peace among them. If this isn't |
| Newspaper. Some instances may well sound strange | | | | possible, they might have to separate the couple for |
| and one may wonder whether such gory incidents | | | | the time being and try to educate them in this |
| really happen or it is just a media gimmick. Well the | | | | regard. |
| sad fact is that spousal abuse does exist and many | | | | Mostly a woman is abused for no fault of hers. There |
| wives are being abused by their husbands each day. | | | | have also been instances where both, the wife and |
| The sadder part is that these victims are helpless and | | | | the husband are at fault. One needs to identify the |
| are being tortured every day for no mistake of | | | | culprit and try to find an amicable solution to the |
| theirs. | | | | problem. Abuse is a delicate matter and needs to be |
| Spousal abuse is mostly rampant in the lower rung | | | | dealt with carefully. One can take the couple for |
| societies that are poverty stricken. The poor are | | | | some counseling that is offered by NGOs and the |
| mostly uneducated and the males abuse their | | | | Government. This counseling works 80% of the time. |
| spouses whenever they get angry. Spousal abuse | | | | The couple are counseled on the evil of spousal |
| has become a vent through which frustrated | | | | abuse and they are put through a series of mental |
| husbands get rid of their frustration. Sometimes | | | | tests and exercises by which they can change for |
| these husbands realize their mistake and refrain from | | | | the better. These councilors are experienced experts |
| spousal abuse. But there are many people who still | | | | and they know exactly how to treat these people. |
| think it is their right to abuse their wives. | | | | The man needs more treatment than a woman. The |
| Well no one gave any one the right to abuse their | | | | woman needs to be consoled first and then the |
| wives, and this is a crime that merits punishment | | | | reason has to be known from her. |
| from the court of law. As a human you have no right | | | | Once the couple have been counseled they will be |
| what so ever to abuse any one. There have been | | | | allowed to live together without observation. This |
| instances of spousal abuse even in educated and | | | | works most of the times. The major step in coping |
| civilized societies. This is a part that many still fell hard | | | | with spousal abuse is the development of |
| to digest. The victims of spousal abuse need to | | | | self-confidence and determination. The woman also |
| know how to cope with it and they need to put a | | | | needs to ensure that there is no mistake from her |
| full stop to such repeated abuses. | | | | side. Spousal abuse is also a crime under law, so |
| Coping with this abuse may not be an easy task for | | | | please refrain from encouraging it and try to help the |
| the victim but the victims' well-wishers must know | | | | victims. |
| how to help them. They have to first of all try and | | | | |