Choices!!

Choices!!

So yes the internet community has gone viral with Deepika Pudukone’s vogue women empowerment video. There have been praises as well as critical remarks some calling it a publicity stunt. Women have come forward condemning her message and writing and posting hate messages on social media sites.

I personally believe in gender equality and not supremacy. So if I am in agreement of women having the “choice” of having babies/not having babies, marrying/not marrying, having sex/not having sex, then I am also in agreement with granting men the same prerogative. Every civilization lives by certain rules and for the civilization to achieve optimal development its foundation should be equality. Equality in freedom of speech, equality in making choices, equality in life.  Sadly we have not yet achieved this and gender inequality is one of the biggest concern of this nation where women are still considered an under-privileged class and section. Hence great emphasis is laid on concepts like Women’s day. Women empowerment videos, women cells and so on. But does this actually deal with the real issues?? Personally I liked the Vogue empowerment video “start with the boys” starring Madhuri Dixit better which taught the audience that mothers and would be mothers should start right at the beginning by educating their sons , teaching them the right thing. If we start at the grass root level where mothers teach their sons that you and your sister have the same rights, privileges and love, in fact you are the same I think the bias created by centuries old traditions and culture will cease to exist and we will celebrate true independence.