Happy Women's day........
It's 8th march and The world celebrates the women’s day today, and it means different things to different people. The politicians consider it as an opportunity to trade their cleverly crafted agendas mixed with the theme of empowering women in various social arenas. The marketing world tries to push through some products by churning out some advertisements.
The corporate world catches up with the fever by organizing some special events for their women employees.
The entertainment world in order to make sure that it is not left far behind tries to portray women in bold roles in their offerings. Nothing much needs to be explained on the contribution of the media on women’s day as they come out with lot of talk shows, documentaries, some even sparking off controversies, interviews with women achievers etc…
Messages with the theme of empowering women receive lot of likes and shares on the various social media avenues. Husbands offering gifts to wives, children gifting cards to their mothers, brothers congratulating their sisters and male colleagues wishing their female counterparts; the world cherishes the women’s day in various ways.
Does all these celebrations stop with only one day? Has all the women’s days that have gone by brought about any real changes in the lives of women? Are women getting the needed safety? Are women really empowered in the society?
Well, we wish there are positive answers to these questions, but the reality doesn’t seem so.Parents bring up their daughters with the only aim of getting them married to an honorable household, and consider that their duty is over. This, again they do with a selfish attitude as they want to gain the society’s respect.
Some women have become too bold with their dressing and attitude, but there are millions of innocent women who are still caged inside the society’s well framed barriers to be mocked and considered as objects to satisfy the lust and as child producing factories. These women have desires to fly, but their wings are clipped, they want to play a significant role in the upliftment of the society, but they are looked down by their own household. They want to be loved, but the society use them to satisfy their own needs.
Women working as bonded labours, domestic maids, sweepers and scavengers, widows, destitutes, those left behind by their husbands for no wrong of theirs; All of these souls long for a day where they would be free from their society inflicted woes. The politicians, law makers and media take a lot of mileage out of the abuses meted out to women. This is not going to help the cause in any way. The days will continue to pass, and a few women would sit at elite places and would even dictate terms. But, for the unfortunate lot, the grind goes on and on.
It's 8th march and The world celebrates the women’s day today, and it means different things to different people. The politicians consider it as an opportunity to trade their cleverly crafted agendas mixed with the theme of empowering women in various social arenas. The marketing world tries to push through some products by churning out some advertisements.
The corporate world catches up with the fever by organizing some special events for their women employees.
The entertainment world in order to make sure that it is not left far behind tries to portray women in bold roles in their offerings. Nothing much needs to be explained on the contribution of the media on women’s day as they come out with lot of talk shows, documentaries, some even sparking off controversies, interviews with women achievers etc…
Messages with the theme of empowering women receive lot of likes and shares on the various social media avenues. Husbands offering gifts to wives, children gifting cards to their mothers, brothers congratulating their sisters and male colleagues wishing their female counterparts; the world cherishes the women’s day in various ways.
Does all these celebrations stop with only one day? Has all the women’s days that have gone by brought about any real changes in the lives of women? Are women getting the needed safety? Are women really empowered in the society?
Well, we wish there are positive answers to these questions, but the reality doesn’t seem so.Parents bring up their daughters with the only aim of getting them married to an honorable household, and consider that their duty is over. This, again they do with a selfish attitude as they want to gain the society’s respect.
Some women have become too bold with their dressing and attitude, but there are millions of innocent women who are still caged inside the society’s well framed barriers to be mocked and considered as objects to satisfy the lust and as child producing factories. These women have desires to fly, but their wings are clipped, they want to play a significant role in the upliftment of the society, but they are looked down by their own household. They want to be loved, but the society use them to satisfy their own needs.
Women working as bonded labours, domestic maids, sweepers and scavengers, widows, destitutes, those left behind by their husbands for no wrong of theirs; All of these souls long for a day where they would be free from their society inflicted woes. The politicians, law makers and media take a lot of mileage out of the abuses meted out to women. This is not going to help the cause in any way. The days will continue to pass, and a few women would sit at elite places and would even dictate terms. But, for the unfortunate lot, the grind goes on and on.
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