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.
