TAKING BIRTH AS WOMEN IN INDIA IS A CURSE??

TAKING BIRTH AS WOMEN IN INDIA IS A CURSE??

By Parichita Basak

In India, people used to worship various female goddesses, saints and poets. India is famous for being the largest democracy in the world, however, women backwardness is also very prominent. They face problems of sex discrimination, illiteracy, dowry system, female infanticide, etc.

So, is it true that taking birth as a women in Indian society is a curse? Female infanticide is very common where a girl child is killed in mother’s womb. They are considered as burden as society think that women are here only to consume money whole life. From birth till death, they face sex discrimination. Some other big issues counts illiteracy, responsible for household works, sexual harassment, rape, etc.

Women are considered inferior than men for many years. People in middle age were considering women as key destruction and they were never even allowed to go outside. Women do not have equal access to autonomy, mobility to outside the home, social freedom, etc. than men. Many problems are faced due to domestic responsibilities, cultural and social roles, etc. Women are considered in the society only for upbringing of a child, caring of family members, etc. There is an old and traditional faith that men are for working outside and women for home. But now, women are breaking every barrier. They are enjoying equality status and even getting ahead in many field than men.

Earlier women were facing issues like child marriage, sati prabha, widows exploitation, etc. All these old traditional problems have been disappeared but given rise to other issues like violence against women. Women is getting kidnapped every 44 minutes, raped at every 47 minutes and dowry death every day. Gender discrimination, where women are considered as weaker section of the society than men. In rural areas, women education percentage is very low. Dowry system is increasing day by day where women are ill treated, disrespected and suffer other cruelties.

However, there are various rules and regulations act and laws made by the Indian govt. regarding the safety of women in India. And ofcourse, lots of positive changes has occurred as the number of educated people is increasing in the country.

“WHEN YOU ARE EDUCATING A MAN, YOU ARE EDUCATING A MAN, BUT WHEN YOU ARE EDUCATING A WOMAN, YOU ARE EDUCATING A GENERATION”