gaganjat said:
A girl get married devote her life for family, even tolerate bad and still remains good. This situation is worst than a life imprisonment.
Even before marriage the things are conjusted to the maximum.
Our society has fixed a track for a girl. In most cases she has to go on the same track in her life but its her who keep on going without any complains.
Thats the only route which makes her adorable (otherwise not) in the eyes of the society.
Got to say these girls are the most powerful creatures of the universe.
Restriction and no end to the restriction ! Like a bird in a gold cage and in some cases a bird in a filthy cage. But everything seems to be a cage.
Its a cage coz there is no trust. And why dont we include the suffering of a man. Yes he suffers too as he is always attached with woman but stil doesnt give freedom.
A man suffers like a woman but still keep the strings in his hands which is a big show off of masculanity.
People got to know how to trust a relation and trust is not imposition or compromise.
People have to live life staying together rather than spending life together but not living together.
Gender related problems emerged in dawn after Adam and Eve when trust took the back seat.
Not trusting wont make things better but trusting will definitely make the things better coz there will be no cage.
Its important for these fathers , mothers,husbands, brothers or whoever, to trust their female relations and give them some space to do something in personal & professional life as a humans and an identity. Law cant enforce it, society wont tell it, degree wont teach it and its all about living it yourself. ‘Trust’ will be a trend and faith in coming years coz people will be helpless and they will realise what life is.
‘Trust’ it sounds like philosophical thing but not that practical for our society.
But when everything else is tested and we know the results. This is what we need to try, wont fail for sure!
I'm not too clear in what context you brought in 'trust' here. Perhaps, it is a good thing to have but I don't think it is going to solve the diverse set of
problems that our women face in our society.
I think that the singlemost underlying theme here is the subjugation of
women. That is no different from subjugation of the poor, or of "lower
castes" or of "inferior races" and the like. Human beings by their very nature
try to subdue and control and take advantage of those that they can.
I think it is an inherent trait in us. That is the way that the world runs.
Women have, throughout history and across societies, been seen as
inferior and lesser than men. They have been objects for us to
enjoy and take advantage of. They served us, and we protected them...
as long as they were loyal to us, and subject to our complete authority
over them. We (some African societies) went as far as such
unthinkable atrocities as female circumcision (also known as female
genital mutilation) to gain complete control over their minds and bodies !
Even our very own RAM made Sita sit on the pyre ! [And talking
of trust, look where it landed Sita. Aur kar lo 'trust'. I think she
would have been better off with Ravan. A 10-headed lover in a skirt
who was willing to lose everything for her vs.
an untrusting RAM who wanted to ensure she was pure. What a jerk !!]
That was the dynamic that existed across most if not
all societies. And yes, this was true across western societies too !
The so called female liberation within western societies is a very recent
phenomenon, that dates back to a few decades at the most. Before that
their role was pretty much similar to what has existed in the Indian
societies, i.e. to serve the men.
So the issue here isn't one of trust so much as it is an issue of
empowerment of women so that they no longer are weak and dependent
on men for their livlihood and protection.
It is also not a question of merely making laws to favor them. Laws go
only so far and if taken to an extreme make things worse by unduly
favoring one side over the other ( as has become the case in dowry
related issues, whereby a mere complaint by the female side lands
the guy and his parents in jail !). A legal framework is good to provide
guidelines to punish deviant behaviour, but it can only go so far
in eradicating the problems. It merely serves to provide justice after the
fact. Its role as a deterrent is only so effective, and it is especially
less effective for the male female dynamics that are so
deeply ingrained on our societies.
I always feel that when it comes to social problems we have to look
deep underneath for the underlying reasons that exist for any issue.
We cannot make patches at higher levels and hope to eradicate the
problem. (Its not too unlike the issue of modern medicine vs traditional
Aryuvedic medicines) ! We need to get to the root cause and fix that.
The question then becomes as to what is the root cause.
And, in my opinion, a lot of it has to do with the dependence of women
on men for their security, and that translates into financial dependence
for the most part. Help them achieve that (via economic plans and
incentives, via education, via legal enforcement......) and the dynamics
WILL begin to change.And that is exactly what has happened in
the western world !
Economic power is the real power in this world ! Give more of that to the
females and you will see change. Anything short of that is mere bandaid.