PREVALENCE OF ONLINE DATING VIOLENCE

ABSTRACT The attempt of the study is to analyze the prevalence of cyber dating violence cyber control and cyber aggression in the youth of the society. The paper is an attempt to shed some light on the exploitation and victimization of the innocent youth through or in the cyberspace. Dating-violence is a new concept triggered predominantly with the large-scale use of the advanced-technological devices, though, its consequential resultant mostly directed to the common offences like, assault, battery, etc. But what has newly evolved are: a) the use of tools to commit such offence; and b) the mode and shade of such offences. The colloquial word ‘dating’ is directed to signify the particular act-situation of young minds to meet at appointed date, time, place for exchange and interact with the view to develop intimacy. This particular attempt is not objectionable from the legal point of view and now becomes to certain extent the accepted social norms as well. The Bonafide intention to develop healthy relation through persuasion is the centre-stage of negotiation and conciliation, while such persuasion, being made unilaterally with an ulterior motive to achieve some malafide object enables to be the point of outcry in public domain. The outcome of dating appears to be in various colours, shades and shapes, the matured versions of what however customised sometimes as abetment, fraud, forced rape, conspiracy, stalking, etc. Dating is an assertion of right of privacy where accountability per se is a misnomer however, dating is the rudimentary stage whence from the persuasion towards a leally wrong is directed. Keywords- Online Dating, Dating Violence, Youth, Right to Privacy.