Bandyopadhyay, Debasis; Jones, James Allan; Sundaram, Asha - 2021
Male backlash, which we define as a hostile response to female empowerment in a gender biased society, drives crime … assaults and domestic violence in India, we show that a smaller gender gap in earning potential is associated with more rapes … and indecent assaults. This relationship is exacerbated in states with high gender bias, pointing away from increased …