In a historical decision on the women proceeded to a court at Indiaaccording to which it does not cause divorce to monitor porn and that the right to privacy involves the sexual autonomy of the spouse.
India, the world’s most populous country with 1.4 billion residents, remains conservative and patriarchal and the role of women is often limited to raising children and supporting their husbands, who are responsible for family care.
The Supreme Court of Tamil Nantu’s State in the south of the country issued the ruling examining the appeal of a man in which his inferior court had denied divorce.
The plaintiff had turned to his or her wife, accusing her of He was addicted to self -satisfaction by watching porn.
The Supreme Court, which rejected its appeal, ruled that ‘Personal pleasure is not forbidden fruit. “
“Masturbation in men is recognized worldwide, masturbation in women should not be a stigma,” the court said in his ruling, a copy of which saw the French agency.
A woman ‘maintains her individuality’ even in her marriage and her ‘fundamental individual and female identity is not linked to her capacity as a spouse“, According to the Supreme Court.
However, the decision emphasizes that pornography addiction is “wrong” and cannot be “justified morally” without being an infringement of the law.
The divorce remains taboo in most of India, where only one in 100 marriages ends in the courts.
People who seek divorce must obtain approval from the courts, which generally grant it only if there are evidence of violence or even excessive financial claims.