A 30-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh, a mother of three and twice married before, has married a Class 12 student after converting to Hinduism.
Although no legal complaint has been filed yet, the situation raises uncomfortable questions about gendered double standards when it comes to relationships involving adults and teenagers.
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According to reports, the woman, formerly known as Shabnam and now Shivani, divorced her second husband and soon after married an 18-year-old boy in a temple ceremony.
But the boy is reportedly a school student in Class 12, which typically includes students aged 16 to 18 in India. Whether he is legally an adult or not, the ethical question looms large.
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Had the genders been reversed. Let’s say, it was a 30-year-old man with three children marrying a school-going girl, the man would likely be behind bars already, booked under the POCSO Act and labelled a predator. But in this case, the reaction is noticeably muted.
This isn’t about love or choice. This is about how lenient society becomes when the adult is a woman and the minor is a boy. The law must apply equally. If the boy is underage, then it is a serious legal issue. And even if he is legally an adult, the maturity gap, the power dynamic, and the emotional implications cannot be ignored.
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The silence around such cases reflects a wider problem: we still don’t treat boys as potential victims. A mother of three marrying a schoolboy should be met with the same scrutiny as any older man marrying a young girl. Anything less is hypocrisy.
Shabnam, mother of 3 has married Shiva & become Shivani
Shiva is a class 12 student so must be underage
If a father of 3 married an underage girl he would be behind bars
But she is confidently saying – no one has the right to interfere in my life, I am happy with him pic.twitter.com/NOxHJVIdKk
— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) April 9, 2025
