Whither women? Women world wide are confused and perplexed! They are finding it extremely hard to adapt to the present worldwide crisis-spiritual,moral,economic and environmental. Hence the resort to drugs,stimulants and perhaps violence.
The western paradigm which dominates the world presently emphasizes equality between sexes but in practice expects women to confirm to the masculine notions of equality. Women are unwittingly being forced to tow the line of men. The pressures of the media,books,films, religion and politics is so strong that they have been unable to carve out a space for themselves !
The East which has culturally been more subjective than the West has also been able to do little to alleviate the plight of women. In Asia women have been at the receiving end for centuries! Gender violence,prostitution,organ mutilation,slave trading,starvation,female infanticide and illiteracy are the major issues facing women. Women have no say at all in decision making.
The time has come for women to bite the bullet! They must realize that Nature has endowed them with sensitivity- a virtue denied to majority of men. Culturally women have been far superior to men! They have an inborn sense of harmony,equality,respect,dignity and nurture-values badly needed for the presently battered and bruised world.
I strongly appeal to all the women of the world to squarely face the challenges before the world and carve out a unique identity for themselves! Let 2013 be the year of women power!
The western paradigm which dominates the world presently emphasizes equality between sexes but in practice expects women to confirm to the masculine notions of equality. Women are unwittingly being forced to tow the line of men. The pressures of the media,books,films, religion and politics is so strong that they have been unable to carve out a space for themselves !
The East which has culturally been more subjective than the West has also been able to do little to alleviate the plight of women. In Asia women have been at the receiving end for centuries! Gender violence,prostitution,organ mutilation,slave trading,starvation,female infanticide and illiteracy are the major issues facing women. Women have no say at all in decision making.
The time has come for women to bite the bullet! They must realize that Nature has endowed them with sensitivity- a virtue denied to majority of men. Culturally women have been far superior to men! They have an inborn sense of harmony,equality,respect,dignity and nurture-values badly needed for the presently battered and bruised world.
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