{"id":71001,"date":"2020-11-26T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=71001"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:27:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:57:41","slug":"right-to-choice-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/right-to-choice-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to choice of women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context:\u00a0<\/strong>The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance that enables the state to police and punish inter-faith marriages with \u201cthe sole intention of changing a girl\u2019s religion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discuss the issues associated with the law against love jihad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Law against fundamental rights:<\/strong>\u00a0By clearing the ordinance, the state government has trespassed the fundamental right to marry guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Problem with this law<\/strong>: Neither clan council nor khap panchayat, and certainly not a democratic government, has the licence to vet personal choices as right or wrong.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLove jihad\u201d ordinance is being peddled as measures taken for the security and \u201crespect\u201d of women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law can be abused<\/strong>: Allowing the police to examine subjective \u201cintentions\u201d of men and women entering a marriage sets the law up for widespread abuse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It legitimises a rank communal fantasy:<\/strong>\u00a0It continues the pessimistic politics that seeks to organise Hindu unity by fuelling the anxieties about the \u2018Muslim Other\u2019 and treasures it in law.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patriarchal fear:<\/strong>\u00a0The law\u2019s scrutiny is specially focussed on a woman\u2019s change of faith reveals the patriarchal fear behind it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An attempt to police women\u2019s lives:<\/strong>\u00a0The pretentiousness of protection, indeed, masks a fear of female sexuality that will not be contained by caste and clan barriers.<\/li>\n<li>It is used to police women\u2019s lives and choices, often by violence, as is evident in the history of \u201chonour killings\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Way forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government must withdraw the proposed law as in the eyes of law men and women are not only members of religions, but individuals with \u201cfree will and choice\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5HtuCBBd18\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-doha-agreement-and-afghan-peace-process\/\">The Doha agreement and Afghan Peace Process<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The Doha agreement and Afghan Peace Process&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-doha-agreement-and-afghan-peace-process\/embed\/#?secret=ckPJq2xC7R#?secret=5HtuCBBd18\" data-secret=\"5HtuCBBd18\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context:\u00a0The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance that enables the state to police and punish inter-faith marriages with \u201cthe sole intention of changing a girl\u2019s religion\u201d. 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