In debate on criminality of marital rape, men trend #MarriageStrike on Twitter

The Delhi High Court is hearing a petition challenging the validity of the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code which does not consider forceful sexual intercourse by a man with his wife as rape if the wife is over 15 years of age It brings to light the immunity granted in law for sexual violence against women and disregard of consent within marriageMeanwhile as the debate unfolds several men ndash and a few women ndash on Twitter have started calling for MarriageStrikeWhat is this hashtag aboutThe trend was supposedly started by the lsquoSave India Family Foundationrsquo a menrsquos rights activism group which believes the criminalising of marital rape will be misused by women ldquoFalse allegations are not a joke They have caused severe mental trauma in millions of menrdquo it statedLawyers and Delhi High Court judges can stop treating men as 2nd class citizens and meet our basic demands then they can call for any number of laws for women Till then it is MarriageStrike amp MGTOWOne can freely download this picture and share to people in Twitter pictwittercomlk6t6aJywZmdash Save Indian Family Foundation realsiff January 20 2022Calling out the misogyny of MarriageStrikeThere has been backlash against the hashtag too Several questioned the intentions of men threatening to go on a marriage strike in both sombre and humourous tonesMen tweeting in favour of marriagestrike are potential rapists Possible rapists Previous rapists Why would any man who is selfrespecting not want for marital rape to be criminalised How can there be legal protection for rape only becauseit happens in a marriagemdash Dr Meena Kandasamy is on hiatus meenakandasamy January 19 2022Men on MarriageStrike is it a threat or a promisemdash Aditi Mittal awryaditi January 19 2022The MarriageStrike is the greatest feminist move Indian men have ever pulled Not only are you saving lakhs of women from being trapped in abusive households with predators and enablers you are also making Engels proud and exposing the awful institution of marriageMore powermdash monkeuml UP16stanaccount January 19 2022Support for the hashtagIn various tweets that have emerged on the hashtag over the last two days men say they will stay away from marriage because according to them the institution only favours the rights of women ndashIf you say Yes than it can amount to MaritalRape If you say No than it amount to DVIts better go for MarriageStrike cos Men doesnt have any legal protection in India pictwittercomudySd0eO81mdash Roopenshu Pratap Singh roopenshu January 20 2022MarriageStrike Men get zero empathy and justice from Govt Judiciary and policeAny menrsquos right group that actually is helping men out is fighting an uphill battle Appears that womens personal issues in todays society are more important and valued than that of men pictwittercomF5IbGXj8grmdash Thors Hammer smartadis January 20 2022Just woke up and Irsquom seeing MarriageStrike all over my timeline I believe itrsquoll help innocent men pictwittercom01yf7KyzqVmdash Road Runner iwinfairly January 19 2022A few women tweeted in favour of the hashtag ndashIdeally its feminists who should trend MarriageStrike in India because according to them all that married women in India go through is violence oppression MaritalRape dowry demand unpaid labor amp immense abuse at the hands of husbands and inlaws Mat karo shaadi firmdash Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj DeepikaBhardwaj January 20 2022MarriageStrike trending is not a joke I have twomale cousins and one nephew of marriageable age but they dont want to marry They simply ask what is the use of marriage when we r going to loose ultimately And I cannot convince them as I see samemdash Author_ Jyoti jyotitiwari05 January 19 2022