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Is the condition of working women in India equitable, or do they just gain a second job besides all the home-making duties?
The excitement of getting a star (*) in class used to be the best feeling in the world when we were kids; but as we grow, stars change their meaning and so does our feeling for them.
People say, “We support gender equality and women’s empowerment”. I say that we don’t really support it – we just talk about it.
The word gender describes the socially constructed roles and responsibilities that societies consider appropriate for men and women. I believe that many Indian men want their wives to work but with certain predefined terms and conditions.
Being working women, we face a lot of challenges in our day-to-day lives. I believe that many working women can relate to this story.
My husband and I work in the same organization. Our working hours are the same, we travel together to our workplace and we have similiar levels of work pressure and stress. In spite of having an equal amount of challenges at the workplace, there is a big difference in my Job** and my husband’s Job. My job** comes with stars!
Let’s check out what these **(stars) actually mean.
**Terms and Conditions apply :
These are the some of the terms and conditions which we as working women face in our daily lives. There are many such conditions which we have to deal with everyday.
It is not a world where women can choose their priorities. It is a man’s world and women are allowed to do whatever they want – but with some stars attached to it!
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My house-help asked excitedly, “I am going for wedding. Can you let me wear your red & black saree? To be honest I was stumped for a moment; I didn’t know what to say but I still said yes.
I lent a gorgeous saree to my house-help for a wedding in her family. Soon I stated getting questions if I would wear that saree again or if I was okay to be seen wearing the same saree my house-help was wearing?
We are all so conditioned to give our used clothes to our house-helps but are we okay to wear the clothes they were wearing?
A few days ago she came excitedly to me, “I am going for a family wedding. I want to wear your red & black saree, Ill wash and give it to you after the function. Please can you let me wear it?”
Beauty is a very clever, very evil capitalist tool. It traps those who have it into hanging on to it for dear life and those who don't into mutilating, torturing themselves to achieve the unachievable.
I recently wrote a piece about MP Shashi Tharoor’s tweet in which he had shared a pic with six women parliamentarians tagging them and saying “Who says the Lok Sabha isn’t an attractive place to work?”
There was a rash of comments on the post shared on Instagram, which ranged from “chill, it’s just a compliment” and “stop overthinking compliments”, to (worried) men lamenting about “these feminazi”.
Here’s my answer to all those comments.
You're not alone in feeling alone and cornered. As women, each of us must help support each other. Here are 8 things you can do to support another woman and create your own Sisterhood.
You’re not alone in feeling alone and cornered. As women, each of us can, and must, help support each other. Here are 8 things you can do to support another woman and create your own Sisterhood.
Women are women’s worst enemies.
No, we are not, and I am tired of hearing it. I am tired of hearing it, even if the person saying it is a woman.
Many might say that the celebrations are just tokenism, but celebrating Women's Day is still very relevant. At least until true gender parity is achieved.
Many might say that the celebrations are just tokenism, but celebrating Women’s Day is still very relevant. At least until true gender parity is achieved.
Like any other specific celebration day, International Women’s Day has a history to it. Every year a week before and after March 8, there are discussions on every kind of media, including social media, on whether or not a specific day is required to celebrate women. But the answer to this question becomes clear when we consider why Women’s Day was started in the first place, what is being done now, and what can be done in the future.
It emerged as a result of the labour movement activities at the turn of the twentieth century. Since 1909 when it was first observed in the US to honour women protesting against bad working conditions, this day has been accepted worldwide to honour women who have fought for equal rights and participation.