March 8 th women's day... we exchange wishes celebrate women on this day alone leaving women in world of disrespect, fear giving her pain and agony all the year round.
Women have left their footprints of success in the pages of history with lot of hardwork, embrassment, agony, disrespect. The success women got were not by walking in bed of roses but path of thorns.
Even today can we admit wholeheartedly that women are liberated from the chains of slavery. Yes they are educated. But how many of them are able to choose their education and profession as per their wish. They are denied higher education saying that it is hard to find a groom. Even if they complete graduation they have to choose work keeping family and kids in mind. A women cannot chase her dreams all alone . She is compelled to compromise or destroy her dreams or if she has to make her dreams come true she has to chase it with burden of family responsibilities. Else she will be questioned of her responsibility as a women.
The institution of marriage is nothing but breeding ground for domestic violence against women. It is said a person cannot good to be everyone; if they are then they are living on compromises. But a woman is expected to be good and satisfy all needs of members of husband's family. Is this not a great injustice we are doing to women folk? If she raise her voice against suppression then she is termed as a woman not fit for family .
Apart from home the society is constantly tormenting a women. How a woman should talk, laugh, eat; what a women should wear, how to wear everything is being decided by the male dominated society. If she is molested it is her fault, fault in her dress, fault of her coming out at nights and what not. No member of the society are worried about atrocious male chauvinist attitude. What kind of society we live in? Two year girl babies being raped, school going girls raped by male teacher. Do they have to say that two year girl child seduced thirty year old man ? It is the rotten minds of men treating a woman or ogling at her as a sex chattel.
We teach a girl child all morals but what kind of morals we teach boy child at home? Are we teaching them to respect a girl ? Are we teaching them pain a girl undergoes during her mensus? Are we laying restrictions to a boy's behaviour to their opposite sex? Without moulding the character of a boy at home how are we just finding fault with girls? These mistakes we do at home in bringing up a boy child makes them a man of male chauvinist attitude.
There are still more Nirbhayas being raped every 20 minutes in India. Women are not treated equal to man by any religion. Manu says that a women has to depend her father when young, her husband after marriage, sons at her old age.
Christianity says that a women is made out of ribs of a man.
Islam says a woman has to cover her face and entire body.
Religion and society supresses women. Law tries to give some rights to women protect them from harassment.But they are not accessible to every women or rather many don't open their mouths to courts and police and live as a chattel accepting the pain. Even today a man can marry second wife and continue the relationship if the first wife accepts and does not complain about it.
Women though they work they dont have economic freedom to handle their finance as per their wish. They cannot spend on their parents or siblings just as a man does.
Women are not just to beautify themselves, cook, raise kids, clean and wash. A woman must first understand that have a profession to contribute to the growth of the country. As revolutionist Periyar said, " if a woman could earn money then no man would dare to treat them as slaves"
With all these issues are women liberated from their chains? is a million dollar question.
Let us not celebrate women's day as another ritual . When a women is respected just as a man; when a women has all rights men have then that day can be "HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY"
Women have left their footprints of success in the pages of history with lot of hardwork, embrassment, agony, disrespect. The success women got were not by walking in bed of roses but path of thorns.
Even today can we admit wholeheartedly that women are liberated from the chains of slavery. Yes they are educated. But how many of them are able to choose their education and profession as per their wish. They are denied higher education saying that it is hard to find a groom. Even if they complete graduation they have to choose work keeping family and kids in mind. A women cannot chase her dreams all alone . She is compelled to compromise or destroy her dreams or if she has to make her dreams come true she has to chase it with burden of family responsibilities. Else she will be questioned of her responsibility as a women.
The institution of marriage is nothing but breeding ground for domestic violence against women. It is said a person cannot good to be everyone; if they are then they are living on compromises. But a woman is expected to be good and satisfy all needs of members of husband's family. Is this not a great injustice we are doing to women folk? If she raise her voice against suppression then she is termed as a woman not fit for family .
Apart from home the society is constantly tormenting a women. How a woman should talk, laugh, eat; what a women should wear, how to wear everything is being decided by the male dominated society. If she is molested it is her fault, fault in her dress, fault of her coming out at nights and what not. No member of the society are worried about atrocious male chauvinist attitude. What kind of society we live in? Two year girl babies being raped, school going girls raped by male teacher. Do they have to say that two year girl child seduced thirty year old man ? It is the rotten minds of men treating a woman or ogling at her as a sex chattel.
We teach a girl child all morals but what kind of morals we teach boy child at home? Are we teaching them to respect a girl ? Are we teaching them pain a girl undergoes during her mensus? Are we laying restrictions to a boy's behaviour to their opposite sex? Without moulding the character of a boy at home how are we just finding fault with girls? These mistakes we do at home in bringing up a boy child makes them a man of male chauvinist attitude.
There are still more Nirbhayas being raped every 20 minutes in India. Women are not treated equal to man by any religion. Manu says that a women has to depend her father when young, her husband after marriage, sons at her old age.
Christianity says that a women is made out of ribs of a man.
Islam says a woman has to cover her face and entire body.
Religion and society supresses women. Law tries to give some rights to women protect them from harassment.But they are not accessible to every women or rather many don't open their mouths to courts and police and live as a chattel accepting the pain. Even today a man can marry second wife and continue the relationship if the first wife accepts and does not complain about it.
Women though they work they dont have economic freedom to handle their finance as per their wish. They cannot spend on their parents or siblings just as a man does.
Women are not just to beautify themselves, cook, raise kids, clean and wash. A woman must first understand that have a profession to contribute to the growth of the country. As revolutionist Periyar said, " if a woman could earn money then no man would dare to treat them as slaves"
With all these issues are women liberated from their chains? is a million dollar question.
Let us not celebrate women's day as another ritual . When a women is respected just as a man; when a women has all rights men have then that day can be "HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY"
1 comment:
Nice article, i could feel the feel behind every letter. Most of the said facts should be accepted. Change is needed in either genders in their respective ways. One significant thing i observed is either women underestimate or overestimate themselves. Emotional decisions not always lead to good results. See that you are not getting emotional when you are trying to come-out of what you are thinking of bondage. You have a particular way of handling things, which is getting disturbed in the hurry of fighting for equal rights. Naturally you are gifted with a blend of beauty in every aspect you handle. And you are far more better than men in so many ways. I hope, wish and pray that, freedom comes to women in all the aspects that are holding them to reach greater heights. Happy Women's Day.
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