This day marks my first attempt at blogging, and what better than to start it on this propitious day- Women's Day. This article is a rational outlook to the never ending hullabaloo :
Women have suffered shocking inequalities for centuries and continue to be discriminated against. I am all for ensuring equality of opportunity for women. The problem arises when in the garb of compensating for past injustices; new laws are formulated to discriminate against men. Dowry is a shocking insult to womanhood. But there have been cases where wives have framed husbands and in-laws just to avenge a failing marriage. A wife's mere complaint is sufficient to put the in-laws behind bars.
The law makes it a crime to abuse a woman physically, mentally, verbally, emotionally and sexually. While i fully agree that women deserve this protection, do men not deserve similar protection? Men have a tax exempt income of Rs. 1.10 lakh while women get upto Rs. 1.45 lakh. Why should a man earning an income of Rs. 5 lakh pay more than a women earning the same sum?
In Canada, so much attention was paid to female education and sports that today women significantly outnumber men in many fields of higher education. 60% all new jobs go to women. There is a realisation that intense (and justified) focus on female education has led to boys falling behind and only now correctives are being installed.
Women are our loved mothers, sisters, daughters and wives. Don't make them the enemy. Gender is an attribute of the body. The Atman is sexless. Have female equality by all means, but don't start male inequality. Let not the sins of the father be visited upon the son.
Women have suffered shocking inequalities for centuries and continue to be discriminated against. I am all for ensuring equality of opportunity for women. The problem arises when in the garb of compensating for past injustices; new laws are formulated to discriminate against men. Dowry is a shocking insult to womanhood. But there have been cases where wives have framed husbands and in-laws just to avenge a failing marriage. A wife's mere complaint is sufficient to put the in-laws behind bars.
The law makes it a crime to abuse a woman physically, mentally, verbally, emotionally and sexually. While i fully agree that women deserve this protection, do men not deserve similar protection? Men have a tax exempt income of Rs. 1.10 lakh while women get upto Rs. 1.45 lakh. Why should a man earning an income of Rs. 5 lakh pay more than a women earning the same sum?
In Canada, so much attention was paid to female education and sports that today women significantly outnumber men in many fields of higher education. 60% all new jobs go to women. There is a realisation that intense (and justified) focus on female education has led to boys falling behind and only now correctives are being installed.
Women are our loved mothers, sisters, daughters and wives. Don't make them the enemy. Gender is an attribute of the body. The Atman is sexless. Have female equality by all means, but don't start male inequality. Let not the sins of the father be visited upon the son.
--- excerpts from TOI
