A husband and wife lived in a house in a village. One day the neighbor heard some crying and wailing. He pondered for a moment and thought this must be a domestic fight with the affected woman crying. He thought further, should I enter the house to stop the beating? He concluded that the home is a sacred area, a private area governed by its territorial boundaries where others can enter only with permission. He did not intervene. The next day the crying and wailing continued even louder, with verbal abuse. He could not bear it, but he thought that after all a husband and wife relationship is governed by the sanctity of marriage, rituals and rules and is considered sacred. He did not enter the house. The third day he had related this incident to the neighbours and alerted them. When they all heard the woman’s weeping and wailing they entered the house and confronted the man. He angrily retorted, “This is my home and my wife, I can beat or hug, it’s none of your business.” But his arguments did not work in the presence of the wife who was agonised with disheveled hair and bruises. They pulled the man out and together started beating him. The women of the area went in, rescued the wife and tended her with soothing words and treatment. This is the limit of sovereignty, autonomy and territorial boundaries.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:14:11 +0000
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