Women’s Rights
Even 60 years after independence the woman of India are still exploited and abused inspite of constitutional guarantees and new laws. The man considers himself superior to woman and her master. The orthodox system of the family is set in his favour exclusively. Within the confines of domestic walls man feels free to act like a merciless male chauvinist. The birth of female child is considered a curse in most parts of our country. Without any thought the female foetus is murdered. At practical level law fails to protect a woman’s human rights. The situation is worse in rural areas. There the woman slave for men considering it their fate and a duty ordered by God Almighty. The rural women have no idea about their legal rights and privileges.
It is not the illiterate women’s fate only. Even educated woman of urban areas why is gainfully employed does not use her rights for fear of antagonizing her husband. They meekly give in to the mate arrogance to avoid domestic discord and physical abuse. The males of the family decide how to spend the earning bf the working female. From the very childhood the girls are mentally conditioned to let the males do the thinking for her and accept their decisions.
Thus, the male dominance continues to hold away at the cost of the rights and the privileges of women. This factor has created gross imbalance in the Indian families. Now-a-days the families do not mind sisters, daughters and wives seeking gainful employment as long as they don’t exercise their right to spend-their earning as they like. A working woman brings home tidy salary to add to the family income but she cannot hope of any help from her husband in doing domestic chores. She has to toil alone like a slave. For husbands doing household work is below their dignity and as far as the women are concerned it is their natural duty. The doubly burdened women when protest or complain the men ignore them or react violently which results in the growing tensions in relationships. The resultant quarrels and maladjustment in the family badly affect the children psychologically.
Questions
- Have the new laws and rights guaranteed by the constitution ended the exploitation and abuse of women in India?
- What does a man consider himself compared to a woman?
- Is the situations of women good in rural areas?
- What factor has created gross imbalance in the Indian families?
Answer
- The women are still exploited and abused despite rights and privileges granted by law to the women.
- Man considers himself superior to a woman and her lord and master.
- In rural areas the situation of woman rights is far worse than the urban areas.
- The male domination in the family and gross violation of woman’s right are creating imbalances in the families in India.
