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  Abusive relationships, intimate partner violence, round-the-clock nagging, typical narcissist behavior – Why do women just not LEAVE? Are there some inner child wounds we are overlooking? The Victim-Blaming Culture? “Let’s not rely on a one-sided story , it’s partially her fault too – there were too many bald-faced red flags – If I were in her place, I would have left on the first sign of abuse.” – says a fellow (read: privileged) WOMAN who persists on living in her haven , while heedlessly following the victim-blaming culture. Predominantly, women are expected to be the homemakers or to be more galvanized than men to iron out their marital status. This socially accepted behest has influenced women - majorly in the Global South region – to serve their dysfunctional relationships, eventually furnishing an outlet for male-perpetrator behavior. In such instances, the first stride in walking out of the relationship is disdained and winds up in victim-blaming attitudes, which f...

  Domestic violence, enforced patriarchal roles, parenting complications, adjustment problems; is the Indian-originated joint-family system shielding people from the “abyss”? How does Family Structure dominate one’s level of contentment? The social institution of family is known as the natural realm for nurturing and preserving the fundamentals of spiritual and psychological peace. The level of contentment is a matter of interest in nuclear and joint families and can be premeditated by different criteria, such as financial conditions, the interconnection between divergent age groups, marital adjustment levels, and so on.  In theory, the joint-family system serves as a nerve center of integrity and joint action, with all family members living under one roof to safeguard and comfort each other in crucial times. While many seek to attain contentment by considering co-existing in a joint family as a cultural obligation, many sociologists and other experts researched that large...