The new criminal code has officially defined “harming a woman’s mental health” as cruelty. While the intent might be to protect women, the glaring absence of men’s mental health in the law has sparked outrage across social media.
Here’s what netizens are saying:
1. Only women Have Mental Health?
The law clearly singles out women, making their mental well-being a matter of legal protection. But men ask: Do we not face stress, depression, and trauma too? The silence of the law towards men’s struggles speaks volumes.
2. Netizens Call It Sheer Discrimination
One user wrote: “What about men’s mental health?” Another sarcastically replied: “Do they really have a mind in the eyes of the law? Men are treated like useless creatures.” The frustration is clear—half the population feels legally invisible.
3. Law or Loaded Weapon?
Critics argue that laws framed without gender neutrality can easily be misused. Protecting only women while dismissing men’s suffering risks creating a system where justice becomes one-sided.
4. India’s Double Standards on Equality
When it comes to reservations, subsidies, and legal safeguards, men often feel left out. This new clause only widens the gap, making many question if “equality before law” exists in practice or only on paper.
5. The Big Question: Who Will Protect Men?
Men battling harassment, toxic marriages, false accusations, or mental abuse have nowhere to go. Until india acknowledges that mental health has no gender, the law remains biased and incomplete.
👉 The debate rages on: Is the new criminal code protecting women, or is it just another example of how men are conveniently erased from the conversation on mental health and justice?
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