What are your views on feminism in India?
I was a feminist. However the goal post has changed. I don’t know where we are aiming. This is a hard stand, let me explain…. rather narrate.11:30 PM; Delhi(NCR) :A single working woman steps into a nearly empty bus, with few men. She looks into the empty seats; the bus starts moving. Her heartbeats keep getting faster. She takes the seat nearest to the door. Throughout the journey, she keeps her attention on those men. She has to be cautious…..This is FEAR. This is what we have to erase. When her journey ends, that suit is almost drenched with her cold sweat.11:30 AM; Delhi(NCR):A young clerk, ambitious yet poor boards the same bus. Now it’s almost full. Mostly ladies. He finds a seat, but the lady beside, yells its for her friend. As he moves to the middle, the driver applies a sudden brake. He tries hard but fails to stop himself from colliding with the girl in jeans. “WTF, you ***********. Tharki ******”Everyone is looking at him, he could defend but, he thinks of his job, his unmarried sister. Begs sorry to the girl, she keeps abusing.His journey ends with the conductor catching him by the collar and throwing him out the very next stop. He walks to the office, and his shirt drenched with sweat.I asked the bus, what did it learn from the experiences. It replied “FEAR, true fear in both cases”.I thought we were removing a fear, but we initiated another. So what do I feel now ?As long as we address men and women differently, we will raise issues, not solutions. Also, there are other genders here. In fact, gender is a fluidic concept. Lets dissolve this and give one another what they deserve as humans.Note:I am a terrible story teller ( I may not deserve that), but hope you got the point.I over explained the second story, because I had seen a close encounter.(Also many won’t empathise with him this readily).My answer is my answer, none of your answer.(ignore it if you don’t like)I love to have critical reviews but polite and with logic.Photos are from Google images.Thanks for the edits and suggestions.
Why would feminist icon Gloria Steinem call housewives "parasites"?
The housewife has direct influence over the children she raises and can thus effect society. Having a mother home to care for the well being of children, both physically and emotionally, is not a useless objective in life. This quote says it best: “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” ― Brigham Young The fem's are ungrateful and disrespectful to millions of women all over the world but will claim at a moments notice to represent all of our interest. That is pretty two-faced but I guess I should not expect so much from them anyway.