1. No other law is misused more than the ones made for protecting women.
2. Guilty but mighty men will always find a way to escape, and croocked women would continue to use the laws to victimise good men.
3. Innocent women and good men would always suffer in the current set-up.
4. The above is true for any other laws, but there is one difference. In other situations, a person is considered innocent till proven guilty. In case of gender related crime charges slapped by a women against a man, the society, media etc. perceive the man as guilty till he proves himself innocent. This overwhelming perception of man being a 'devil' has a potential to affect the court's judgement too.
5. In our contry, since the enforcement of women-protection alws is very poor, the lawmakers (and society) have tried to compensate by making them heavily tilt in favour of women (eg. Anti dowry sec 498). This leads to their misuse.
6. We must understand that making laws more and more powerful and one-sided is not a substitute for effective and judicious enforcement.
7. Crime against men is not society's priority. That's why a male victims of physical sexual assault do not draw as much attention as the female victims.
8. In opinion, marital rape deserves to be treated as a punishable crime. But it would be unfair to make a judgement based solely on the woman's statement. It is a challenge for the judiciary and forensics to determine whether the act was forced or consentual. Since this challenge is too hard, the society tends to take the easier path to arrive at a judgement, 'believe what the woman say''. This should not be done.
