Here's a post someone made on another forum (about domestic violence amongst Indian relationships) that sums it up quite well:
i was once asked by a white woman, who positioned herself as an expert on india based upon her 2 week vacation to the sub-continent, if dv was/is more prevalent in india because of the custom of arranged marriages. obviously, her question is incredibly flawed in many, many ways. it also shows a complete lack of understanding of what dv is. yes, it can be generally said that there is perhaps more public awareness of the negative consequences of dv in the U.S. vs. India BUT this does not negate the fact that the same patterns of gender oppression that exist in India -exist in the US. This sort of odd 'faux multiculturalist' thinking is obviously v. v. dangerous as it absolves americans (as well as good middle class south asians) from "tending their backyard"- and allows for righteous and condescending finger pointing, such as: "these poor third world women they are soooo oppressed" OR "these poor peasant women they are soooo oppressed."
Here's a post someone made on another forum (about domestic violence amongst Indian relationships) that sums it up quite well:
i was once asked by a white woman, who positioned herself as an expert on india based upon her 2 week vacation to the sub-continent, if dv was/is more prevalent in india because of the custom of arranged marriages. obviously, her question is incredibly flawed in many, many ways. it also shows a complete lack of understanding of what dv is. yes, it can be generally said that there is perhaps more public awareness of the negative consequences of dv in the U.S. vs. India BUT this does not negate the fact that the same patterns of gender oppression that exist in India -exist in the US. This sort of odd 'faux multiculturalist' thinking is obviously v. v. dangerous as it absolves americans (as well as good middle class south asians) from "tending their backyard"- and allows for righteous and condescending finger pointing, such as: "these poor third world women they are soooo oppressed" OR "these poor peasant women they are soooo oppressed."