Decision of a wife and daughter to stop
being victims in an abusive environment within the family
Case profile
Arati who has completed her MA
and B.Ed. (name changed) hails from a middle class family comprising of her
parents and two older brothers aged 30 and 28 respectively. Father is retired
as a lecturer in college while the mother is a home maker; one of her brothers
is pursuing his MA in English literature while the other is house bound due to
being a victim of polio.
Her brother has been unable to
clear his MA due to negative peer influence, indulging in viewing porn and
circulating sms related the same. He is
also intimidated by Arati and her academic performance and holds a certain
grudge and revenge against her. He
begins to send her obscene images on her mobile and harasses her emotionally,
at time making sexual advances. The
mother is aware of her torments and informs the father about it; he turns a
deaf ear to their plight; both the women are emotionally abused.
The counselor of Sakhya
reinforces Arati’s coping mechanisms by helping her focus on her various
resources; seek alternate accommodation, look for a job till the time that the
abusive environment has scaled down. The
counselor seeks a joint meeting with the father; who initially expresses a lot
of anger and resistance for being called on the phone. However he agrees to meet the counselor. After a joint meeting with the mother and the
father; the counselor enables the parents to understand their roles to support
their daughter and not to reinforce or support the abusive behavior of their
son. Arati continues to reside in the
family is now working as a teacher; and the father has stopped her brother from
entering the house and troubling the family in any way.
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