tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post4379364546160647078..comments2023-06-01T15:53:23.774+05:30Comments on In knowledge & Experience I exist.: Understanding Gender Equality to create happy families!Lifeisbetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643427008073987964noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-48718223511834013972014-07-05T10:29:41.814+05:302014-07-05T10:29:41.814+05:30Its a good point if what I understood is correct. ...Its a good point if what I understood is correct. Equality is non-existent, so better get educated, work and not be dependent on anyone. It may be a true perception, but we cannot encourage that. We have to teach respect.Lifeisbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643427008073987964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-5052874012319951452014-06-25T13:32:26.972+05:302014-06-25T13:32:26.972+05:30I want to drought my views on it GE,do we above al...I want to drought my views on it GE,do we above all believe we treat female as equals at least in the context of Indian society i sadly refute with the term equality its just that as you mentioned we are just imposing upon the girls to get the education and career most likely to suit their parents aspirations and in the long run end up with a job to be financially independent and as they believe they are secure for any kind of unseen adversities and to put it not dependent on their parents or husband.Essentially we are loosing our ground without being gender specific that our value system is at stake in this competitive globalized world where one message has been passed out of survival of fittest.As i believe equality in near times will be graded how one can perform be it a male or female......and in this mad rush we are loosing out quintessentially what once was a dominant trait in women.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585210011679438565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-45341391483105660712014-06-13T13:16:46.808+05:302014-06-13T13:16:46.808+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421952392882937649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-59026317945419271782014-06-13T13:14:23.716+05:302014-06-13T13:14:23.716+05:30Hi Duloe
I completely and fully agree with you, I ...Hi Duloe<br />I completely and fully agree with you, I have been carrying the same views about this issue for a long .<br />Under the name of GE we have infact started putting more pressure on the educated girls to start becoming career women. Girls who are highly educated start feeling that they are wasting their lives if they are not following a career and spending their life taking care of their children and the home. This in no way is not healthy. GE should mean respect for men and women alike in their own respective spheres. A woman who is a homemaker should feel no less important than a career woman, these women today feel that they are worthless, they are not only considered secondary to the men but also to their women friends or sisters who have become career women. This is not healthy for a society. But I am not giving up hope. I think the generation after us will wake up to this and then GE will mean equal respect for men and women in their own biological and social roles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421952392882937649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-29319959699012042862014-06-13T00:42:49.566+05:302014-06-13T00:42:49.566+05:30Thank you. We have to teach our boys to understand...Thank you. We have to teach our boys to understand the current paradigm of girls wanting to work, or being forced to think so. We have to teach them to share. We have to teach them household chores. And I will take the liberty of asking you to try again for a girl child. Boys without sisters are incomplete in so many ways.. apologies if you didn't like the suggestion in public..Lifeisbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643427008073987964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-14975390532689679852014-06-13T00:36:59.824+05:302014-06-13T00:36:59.824+05:30Thank you Leena. These comments keep us going. To ...Thank you Leena. These comments keep us going. To reply to your points, firstly, I am sorry if I was unclear on education versus career to earn money. I never once said education is bad. Education is what we need. I am not even against career. I am against the overemphasis on it. I am against how a male child is raised as against a female child.<br />This blog is also not about maternity policies.. this blog is also not about the consumerist look at talent pool etc. What is the use of development if families are unhappy. Divorces are increasing. Mental stress is increasing.. I feel that the 50% talent pool should be instead used to create lovely families full of love, support and values. This blog is primarily to postulate that we are mis-understanding gender equality completely. GE is about respect but with women working more and more, I don't see respect for women is increasing at all. In fact, there is a growing discomfort for over confident, independent women. There is an increasing segment of single unhappy women which is dangerous. There is an increase in women smoking, drinking, and kids becoming victims. Also, we are reproducing lesser than what is ecologically relevant... See you are a smart women who has a thinking hat. Not all of us smart. We all get influenced. That is where the problem lies in terms of how a society thinks as a whole..Lifeisbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643427008073987964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-43919990552263001572014-06-12T19:32:50.136+05:302014-06-12T19:32:50.136+05:30You have got me thinking Durlov..We aspire to be m...You have got me thinking Durlov..We aspire to be man-like to show progression.. as if "to be a man" is indeed a better thing. We want the same jobs, at the same salaries but end up working doubly hard because we have to do what mom's or wifes are required to do as well. As a mother of twin boys, i am suddenly aware of the responsibility that i have as a woman to teach them about not seeing some activities as woman centric/ only mama can do it/ papa does not know this etc..<br />What is also interesting is how these things are injected into the psyche of toddlers..in one of the playschool poems teaching shapes.. the words go as " mummy ki bindia gol gol" daada ka paisa gol gol....papa ne paise diya..mummy ne pyaar kiya .. i was taken aback when my kid asked me why i dont wear sarees and wear bindis like the mummies in books..<br />i like and admire your thoughts.. but i guess its a complete paradigm shift that we are talking about here and it would be quite a long time before this thought manifests into reality..Archuruleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739722175189026323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36797381.post-12747360834826420142014-06-12T11:28:05.957+05:302014-06-12T11:28:05.957+05:30Hey Durlov, was nice reading your blog. This issue...Hey Durlov, was nice reading your blog. This issue is close to my heart and thus I had to post my comments. <br />I disagree with your view that by educating girls we are imposing roles upon them. Infact, it's the other way round - we are giving them the choice to choose whether they want to be homemakers or utilize their skills & education and contribute to home. By giving them the tools for financial independence, we are ensuring that they are capable of living their lives without being dependent on anyone & on their own terms. Women who are dependent may have to accept a life of abuse & ill-treatment without having the choice of walking out. <br /><br />I agree however that greater appreciation of the differences between men & women is required. In organisations, women who go on maternity leaves or take child related sick leaves etc are given a raw deal despite their competence. Why should this be the case? Can men deliver children or rear them as women can? Thus, there has to be appreciation, acceptance and thus no discrimination on these grounds if families are to happier & the society more productive - it will not happen by curtailing choices for women. <br /><br />Further, by not including women in the workforce, India as a whole will lose out of 50% of its eligible talent pool; and we will not be levaraging our greatest opportunity i.e. our young population.Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399514901712002061noreply@blogger.com