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One would think that with the leap of technology our thinking would also have leapt at the same pace. But even in advanced countries it has been slow to keep up.
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Equality between men and women – are we there yet? Or we still need to talk about it, fight for it.
Below is a little chat between R and S on what they think!
R says: Do you think the man-woman divide; in terms of things still being a little unfair for women, exists? I do know it does exist in pockets; especially where women are not educated enough or not exposed to as many opportunities as many others.
However, what is your perspective on it?
S says: I am all for equal opportunity.
It feels like only now that women are demanding equality in pay. Should it not be a given, by this point?
R says: Yes we would think it should be given, rather all sorted out by now given the fact that it has been decades since ‘human kind’ has been working towards it; but unfortunately it is not so.
I think the entire fight for ‘equality’ stemmed from women wanting to do what men were doing traditionally and wanting to be treated equal there. In its course, women had to juggle their own family related responsibilities which they did by either stressing themselves out or compromising on them.
The patriarchal society trained mindsets to value a woman’s role lesser than a man’s. And hence women fought for their rights to get into jobs which men did.
Maybe if equal opportunity meant that rearing children was to be treated as significant as work with monetary benefits, being emotional and/or sensitive as important and physical strength; equality would come easier.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Women today don’t want to be in a partnership that complicates their lives further. They need an equal partner with whom they can figure out life as a team, playing by each other’s strengths.
We all are familiar with that one annoying aunty who is more interested in our marital status than in the dessert counter at a wedding. But these aunties have somehow become obsolete now. Now they are replaced by men we have in our lives. Friends, family, and even work colleagues. It’s the men who are worried about why we are not saying yes to one among their clans. What is wrong with us? Aren’t we scared of dying alone? Like them?
A recent interaction with a guy friend of mine turned sour when he lectured me about how I would regret not getting married at the right time. He lectured that every event in our lives needs to be completed within a certain timeframe set by society else we are doomed. I wasn’t angry. I was just disappointed to realize that annoying aunties are rapidly doubling in our society. And they don’t just appear at weddings or family functions anymore. They are everywhere. They are the real pandemic.
Let’s examine this a little closer.
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