Liberation broadly means the act or process of trying to achieve equal rights and status.as whomsoever it is being aimed at. LTTE movement in Lanka was aiming at equal status of Tamils as the Lankans. Women’s liberation looks up for equal rights as men have bestowed upon themselves. This was natural course of development . in the background of suppression of women over millennium of years across the globe. If you are under the false impression that discriminatory customs were prevalent only in the east, you should read “fact of the matter” capsule in The times of India as religiously as its Page 3. Here are a few interesting glimpses:
A volunteer of a women’s upliftment group recently went to Afghanistan to study whether the status of women there has undergone any improvement after the American Invasion and removal of hardliners. As she was moving through a village, she was pleasantly astonished to observe that while moving around in the fields, the wife was always walking a few steps ahead of the husband. This was a remarkable improvement over the practice a decade ago when they was invariably walking a few steps behind the husband to denote who is the VIP and in charge.
“Wow” She said to the guide. “when did this happen?”
“Nothing has changed madam” the guide retorted proudly. The Talibaans have planted underground bomb mines everywhere as they left so due care is taken by the man to ensure that he doesn’t step on one of them.”
Well apart from the jokes, things have largely changed in recent times. Constitution of most democracies have given equal right (well almost) for both sexes. Any act of discrimination is punishable. With the times, the mindset of the male has also changed. Education of the women has played a vital role in changing the mentalities. It is no more safe to even utter a derogatory remark against women folks; The implementation of such laws and local practices may still be requiring a lot of further reforms which I am sure will go with the time the way the media is chasing them.
My subject matter of this blog posting is not the suppressed pathetic status of women in India or some of the so called Islamic countries. Many organized agencies are involved already in representing their case. I am venturing into lessor known territory of those women who are considered “liberated already meaning therby that they are in full charge of their lives and can act as they wish. This means they have already attained financial independence and intellectual freedom. I don’t have the numbers but I guess their population is already very large in the west as also in India
Since the dawn if civilization, initially the respective roles of men and women in the society was clearly demarcated. Men were to hunt (later farming) requiring physical stamina and thus provide the sustenance for the family. The females were supposed to cook, barter the farm produce, rear the children and do other household chores.
Note: Due to this age long practice, men are less talkative and not so good in multi-tasking coz they required full concentration on the prey for hunting and not making any sound (talking) to get the attention of the hunted. On the other hand, women folk, for effective barter results, had to do a lot of socializing with other women and therefore have descended as talkative gregarious beings. Even today a lady while knitting the sweater
· Why there has been no woman Presidint in USA even after two centuries.
· Not only the prize money of Grand Slam Champion is not the same for men and women, the trophy for men is always more impressive and decoration worthy. A large silver cup against a medium sized silver plate? Is is because their game is over in 3 sets?
· In every official form to be filled in a woman is required to mention her husbands name and not vice versa
· After Marriage, the woman inherits the surname of her husband and not vice versa. This is still the rule across the globe. Hillary Rodham survived for many years before she decided to go for the polls. My wife is the only exception I know of as of now.
· Though cooking is considered to be the exclusive forte of women, why the main chefs at 5 star hotel everywhere are mostly men?.
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