Feminism

What do we actually mean by feminism?? It refers to any movement, any actions taken towards the betterment of the position of women in our society. Women have always been looked down upon in our society whenever it came to matching the opposite sex. There always has been a notion that woman’s place is at home. 


In the early 1960s, a woman looking for a job would open her newspaper to find two lists of employment advertisements: one for men, and another for women. Not surprisingly, the jobs available to men were challenging positions with potential for advancement, while those available to women were typically low-paying and involved mundane clerical tasks. Regardless of their education or abilities, women were systematically excluded from opportunities in the workplace.

Though we have come a long way since the start of the feminist women we can’t still deny the fact that discrimination still exist In the Indian society. In today’s generation discrimination against women is subtle rather than blatant. Still there are sections in our society who do not allow women to express themselves. Women who have the desire to work and are very much capable of handling both personal and professional life are suppressed. Its considered a crime for women to work.

If we have to change this, women themselves have to change their thinking. They have to believe in themselves that they can match step to step with the opposite sex. They are the future. They need to believe that they can perform both roles with equal efficiency. Any working female can be considered as a feminist. The fact that she has taken a decision of supporting her family by taking up a job deserves a round of applause. Its true that women have to work much much more harder to achieve something on the professional front which a man can achieve with much more ease. So any women who defied all odds and fought for her rights deserves the greatest of respect.

Today as a direct result of many feminist movements and various fights for gender equality there has been an expansion in women’s job opportunities. Many women have attained positions of prestige. Even in India the growth of women in public or private sector jobs has been noticeable. Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kocchar, Kiran Bedi, Sonia Gandhi are some of the best examples to illustrate the same. A glaring statistic to back it up is that 11% of the chief executives are women. Clearly, the advancement of women within the workplace is among feminism’s many accomplishments, successes that include voting rights, economic independence and property rights for women, equal opportunities for education, and a greater awareness of rape and domestic violence.

So to all the females of India be proud of being a woman because you have the capability of doing things which we (men) can only dream of.