Comments on: Women’s Land Rights and Peace at Home http://ultraviolet.in/2008/02/11/womens-land-rights-and-peace-at-home/ A SITE FOR INDIAN FEMINISTS Thu, 10 May 2012 20:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anita http://ultraviolet.in/2008/02/11/womens-land-rights-and-peace-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-604 anita Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:40:17 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-604 first, about sexual abuse, when women own land in their own names, they are less likely to work as wage labour on bigger farms, anfd thusless vulnerable to sexual abuse by big landowners who abuse they fact that they are wage labour, women and often low caste. Ownnership of land makea a difference to this context where despite being dalit . if she owns land she enjoys a greater social prestige and is less prone sexual abuse/assault/harassment... unfortunately we clive in a country where big land owners have felt it is their right to access lower caste land less women. Secondly, the Kodoth article focusses on what happened to women when only men received land through land reform.. ie the increase in seculsion and dowry. I contrasted this with Kodoth and Eapans study which shows how women who own property are less vulnerable to domestic violence. first, about sexual abuse, when women own land in their own names, they are less likely to work as wage labour on bigger farms, anfd thusless vulnerable to sexual abuse by big landowners who abuse they fact that they are wage labour, women and often low caste. Ownnership of land makea a difference to this context where despite being dalit . if she owns land she enjoys a greater social prestige and is less prone sexual abuse/assault/harassment… unfortunately we clive in a country where big land owners have felt it is their right to access lower caste land less women.

Secondly, the Kodoth article focusses on what happened to women when only men received land through land reform.. ie the increase in seculsion and dowry. I contrasted this with Kodoth and Eapans study which shows how women who own property are less vulnerable to domestic violence.

]]> By: sk http://ultraviolet.in/2008/02/11/womens-land-rights-and-peace-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-603 sk Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:27:50 +0000 http://youngfeminists.wordpress.com/?p=116#comment-603 This is a very interesting article, but I am a little confused. First of all, how does vulnerability to sexual abuse relate to land ownership? I cant think of a direct corelation between these two factors. Second, I dont quite understand how acquiring land through land reform is percieved as a threat to the men while land by succession is not. Since the woman is the owner of the land in both cases, and by the first study (Eapan one you mentioned) land ownership leads to better social standing for her, then by second study (Kodoth; which suggests that better social standing is perceived as a threat) wouldnt one expect the woman to be persecuted in both cases? (just to clarify, I dont mean to condone or even justify this attitude!) But nevertheless, i agree with you that women do seem to prefer peace over asserting their rights. And for that reason, I cant see how this law is going to change the status quo much. Perhaps I am too much of a cynic:( This is a very interesting article, but I am a little confused.
First of all, how does vulnerability to sexual abuse relate to land ownership? I cant think of a direct corelation between these two factors.
Second, I dont quite understand how acquiring land through land reform is percieved as a threat to the men while land by succession is not. Since the woman is the owner of the land in both cases, and by the first study (Eapan one you mentioned) land ownership leads to better social standing for her, then by second study (Kodoth; which suggests that better social standing is perceived as a threat) wouldnt one expect the woman to be persecuted in both cases? (just to clarify, I dont mean to condone or even justify this attitude!)

But nevertheless, i agree with you that women do seem to prefer peace over asserting their rights. And for that reason, I cant see how this law is going to change the status quo much. Perhaps I am too much of a cynic:(

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