Today is 8th march, 2010..... another 'Women's Day' in another year! So what did women all over the world do today? Some might have pampered themselves(as one of my friends put it), some might have attended celebrations honoring women(only on this day), some like my mother spent it like any other day at home, and some like me who also did nothing inspirational/or creative or for the matter of fact, anything that boosted my ego!
Why such indifference? Are we less human than men? Today when the Academy awards honored a Woman with the Best Director award (something which they consciously never did in all these years of Oscars!), or when all the major stores, exhibitions or fairs hold a 50% discount on everything or dedicate themselves to pamper women ONLY because, today is our day!!
Why?
What about the indifferent attitude the society bestows upon women with HIV-Aids, or the women in Middle-east, who face opposition from every possible human when they march down the streets to voice themselves only to be carefully suppressed by the ruling men! Or, the women's reservation bill which still finds less support with the political parties in our nation?
I believe there's a greater need for women to come out and support ourselves, raise our opinions boldly and not shatter when they are crushed! Today, like any other Women's Day was spent in searching for our (Happy?) existence in the country...when we could strengthen our hold over our beliefs to stand for all things we strongly believe in!!
U know there is something that gets missed out in all this feminism, women's quotas, women's day........the list is endless!
ReplyDeleteTell me - Why the demand for the special treatment??? What I want is no special treatment but equal treatment. What I mean is - I want to be treated for what I am as an individual, not for what sex I belong to. If I want to be a representative in Parliament it has to be for the only reason that I belong there for the work I do and not for the only fact that I am a female. Because then it would mean that better representative is outside the Parliament- why? Wrong sex, representative is male! I am an individual who can reach its correct place in society not because I am a female but only because i work hard for it! And i need no special day celebrate my individuality!
Reethu! Thank you for sharing your views!! :)I've been meaning to talk about this very biased phenomena and am talking with different people(mostly women) about the same! Most of the ladies feel its a very 'special' gift they have received this year! Most of them tend to ignore the fact that they are compromising on yet another aspect of their lives- freedom to act/walk through life with their head held high and the freedom to be able to speak!! The women politicians who are so rooted towards passing this Reservation Bill, are clearly forgetting that they DO NOT represent women who stay in villages, who struggle for their daily bread, who struggle to give their children education and a better life! There will no doubt be arguements on how some women themselves are against the Women's Bill, that is because this bill, which shall ensure reservation on constituencies is nothing but making the women much more lame and vulnerable and totally denying us the right to live independently! We DO NOT need reservations to prove our mettle and its time we make this clear to everyone out there who's talking of empowering women in such manner!
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