Please do not support domestic violence!Updated: - Page 8

Originally posted by: funfan

Let me put in my two bits:

Who is the "cheater" here? Shyam, because he is the one who is in a committed relationship and who has taken marriage vows. Khushi did not owe ASR any fidelity during the terrace scene. The wrong message that got conveyed was that if you love a woman she has no right to love another man and if she does so you have every right to abuse her in any manner you like. Male protagonist blackmailing and manhandling the female protagonist cannot be considered justifiable in the name of so called "love".

Another more serious issue is the message that mental torture is fine as long as there is no physical violence. Women is a person in her own right. She should be allowed to make her own choices. Any violation of this through mental or physical abuse cannot be considered justifiable.

Originally posted by: Krani

Yeah I agree with you on that. A lot of TV serials show that if a man loves a woman, then she cannot go around loving another man.

And I have seen people mentioning that Khushi cheated on him, and that's not the right term for it at all.

I think Arnav feels betrayed by Khushi in terms of friendship, or love or whatever you want to call it.

If it was someone that I had started becoming close to, and found out they were having an affair with my sister's husband. I would be pretty cut with them as well.

I don't think anyone is justifying mental torture in the name of love.

They are saying he is going to be angry at her and take it out on her because in his eyes, she is in love with his sister's husband. She is in love with her friend's husband (considering Anjali was Khushi's friend).

But has there really been a mental torture placed on Khushi? Apart from some harsh words, isn't mental abuse more along the terms of something that causes someone to go into a depression, or other psychological disorders?

No one deserves that. Whether man or woman.

However i still doubt that Arnav would be subjecting her to mental torture. He may say a few harsh words here and there, but that won't be enough for Khushi to be reeling into a depression or schizophrenia.

And I still believe that Khushi has given it as good as she has got. So I am still hoping that she will stand up for herself.

Glorifying domestic violence would be when Khushi takes whatever comes to her, without protesting, and fearing for her life and body.

Just my opinion :)

Originally posted by: funfan

Thank you for your response. I think we are agreeing on most of the things here. 😊

The thing where we are differing is the way we are looking at ASR blackmailing Khushi. I see it as abuse of power and even if Khushi was having an affair with his BIL, it does not give him right to blackmail and manhandle her. A forced marriage is a big mental torture by itself.

I hope you are right and CVs will be more careful in future and not show further mental torture or manhandling. I think the discussions on this topic are mainly to convey our concerns so that CVs are more careful in future.