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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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