The Irony Of Being Women

Indira Nooyi,Sonia Gandhi & Mayawati have made it to top fifty of World's Powerful women list.These three women reveal the increasing power of women.Indian women has energed as a fearless creature,who is independent,working,responsible & daring.

A few decades ago,these things were not so talked about.Today's women is bold & more confident. But there is a grave need to look through a microscope and examine."My husband beats me,he has the right";these words at first may seem to be the dialogue of a movie of 1970's.Actually these words of a headline published in Hindustan Times are barely two days old.The survey by HT(Hindustan Times) reveal shocking results.47% women justify being beaten as they are afraid of being destitute.They have no money,no job & no confidence either.They are victims of domestic violence.Even their families do not pay attention to their basic requirements( even the basic ones).They cannot protest and cannot take divorce for the sake of their children.

From a long time women are considered to be a burden on the families.Situation has not changed much from then.Girl child is still considered to be a burden.In Delhi,the capital of India,the male-female ratio is around 860 girls per thousand boys shockingly.Girls are still deprived of making their own choices.A news from Pakistan Pakistan deciphers that five girls were buried alive only because they wanted to marry the boys of their choice.Not only in our country,it is the story of many other countries too.The rosy statistics which tell us that the stories about women empowerment, in fact are mirage.When we see with our view magnified we can see nothing else but gender bias.

The bill for preventing sexual harassment in workplaces is roaming here and there from past two years(even a snail moves faster).In August issue of Reader's Digest , a story is published about sexual harassment of a Lady Army Officer by her senior.When protested she was thrown out of her job and the Officer against whom the charge was registered ,was promoted to higher rank.This is the condition of women,not only in India but everywhere .We can see even with naked eyes the oppession of women .In working places they are paid less,made to work for long hours and when they leave, no security is provided to them.

The movie 'Provoked' mirrors the behaviour of male society towards women.In serials they are showed as negative characters and are blamed for breaking homes.In this patriarchal society they are devoid of property.Female foeticide has not stopped yet.After marriage they are pressurised to leave their jobs to 'grow' sons.They are forced to drop -out of the schools for the sake of domestic duties.60% of women are still illiterate in our country.

After all this who would say That India progressing? We are still unable to get rid of our age old customs who take pleasure in suppressing women's desires. We have to make efforts for the progress of females.There is still a long way to go and we are still standing on the threshold.Until this society realises the potential of women power, we would not be able to make actual progress and this is the biggest truth with prevails in this universe.