Abstract This paper explains that statistical data indicates many similarities in domestic and sexual violence in Canada and in India. The author points out that domestic violence is much more widespread than it is reported. The paper examines attitudes towards these two crimes and towards the victims.
From the Paper "As we look back on the twentieth century, one fact is inescapable - enormous change has occurred in how we think about gender in daily life. It is only in the last hundred years or so that women in our society have been given the rights that we take for granted now: the right to vote, the right to choose a career, a marriage partner and the number of children she will have. However, there are many societies where women still do not have the majority of the choices mentioned above."
