Gender parity initiative alters views on what is masculine: ?A man is not a man if he beats his wife?

On May 9, when Yakub Kurne got his sister Tasneem married at 18, it was a transformation for the Muslims in Motyal, a sleepy village in Maharashtra. Until a few years ago, his other sister was married when she was in Class 7, barely 13. In the past five years, the men in this village have grown conscious towards women issues, specially their education.
The change is not limited to Motyal. Some kilometres away, villager Babasaheb Mane feels a stronger man ? he is more sensitive towards his wife now. In Bavkarwadi, a reserved village on the fringes of Solapur, Mane, 40, asks for his wife?s permission every time he approaches her for sex. His wife Saroja, 35, smiles shyly. Temperature is soaring beyond 40 degrees and she has pulled her pallu away, revealing her face in a rare gesture not any more rare for women in this village. ?Three years ago, I would have never thought this is possible. to know what her sexual preferences were,? he says in Marathi.
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