Abstract:

This paper aims to discover „lived experience‟, understandings, and perception of men about domestic violence with their dissimilar views about marriages performed in rural Sindh, Pakistan. Overall, male respondents‟ lived experiences have been explored to look at the effects of arranged and traditional marriage approaches in rural setting of Sindh. Moreover, men‟s perception about marriage, socio-cultural and religious beliefs have been explored that how does traditionally arranged marriages influence domestic violence in rural Dadu Sindh, Pakistan. This study is qualitative by its nature where, eleven in-depth one- to- one interviews with both married and unmarried males have been taken from taluka (a unit of district), Dadu. Whereas method of Braun and Calrke; thematic analysis technique is employed to analyze the data. It is universally accepted fact that performing marriage is supposed to be the fundamental right of both genders with their own choice. Nonetheless, if not properly performed this influence domestic violence in the family. The major findings of this study specify that in traditionally arranged marriages, men have almost enjoyed the power and authority over women, however, women have faced domestic violence recurrently by their husband and residual male members of the family in rural society of Sindh, Pakistan.

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