Are We Equal?

Lately there have been many talks and debates on Equality for women. Feminists from all over the world have come up to speak about the kinds of inequality women’s have to suffer even in the 21^st century. In a country like ours where females have a long history of inequality it is a much greater concern as to what kind of society are we living in and what are the changes that are not just desirable but also important to make so as to change the present conditions. The government has brought about many changes for women. For example the reservations for women’s in governmental jobs to reserved seats in buses and even metro’s.

But aren’t reservations for the weak? And we clearly are not weak. I believe that all the children’s should be provided with education (free for those who cannot afford it) and let there be fair competition. Why do we need to have reserved seats in a bus or a metro? What we should work on is to change the mentality of the society rather than forcing someone to give up their seats because law says so. I am not willing to take a seat from a guy because it’s an offence to sit in one of those for them but only if he truly respects women and he willingly want to. I don’t want a separate ladies line, I want to be treated as any other person. If we say we want equality then why do we seek for such inequalities in name of gender? I don’t want just equality, I want justice to reside with equality. I want a society wherein we all are actually equal with no one getting special preferences. Want we really need is a change in mentality which I don’t think can come from forcing someone, because that would do the opposite.