The de 600 million women in India cannot be covered by a single narrative. Gender discrimination is the most prevalent forme de discrimination dans l’inde. Because even though there is a la caste, système, women across castes and religion are discriminated against.
Donc, even though we have a government and a constitution that has always treated men and women equally, the bias lire dans the society. The birth of a girl is followed by condolences and sympathies from well wishers of the family. And those sympathies are well deserved. Not for the family though, but for the baby.
For as long as I can remember, I was never told that the House that I was living en ce qui mine. But as soon as my brother was born, he was proclaimed as the heir to everything my family possède. The sense of belonging to the family you are born into is never developed. Because one is always told that they are Paraya Dhan or the property of the family they will marry into.
The indian journaliste Anmol RainaFoto: Anmol Raina
Rape: the victim is blamed
But I am one of the lucky ones. Lower income households don’t have enough resources to send all their children to school. Thus, the gift of education is bestowed on the better investissement, the son. And so we see a female literacy at 65.46%. Even in the middle-class families, there is this fear of educating the daughters too much. Because if they are more educated than their prospective husbands, they won’t get married. The general lack of awareness is undeniably nuire à our female population.
More importantly, all of this stems from the fear of the world outside. We are not given the freedom to wear what we want because our characters are assassinated on that basis. Although the situation has improved, there are still instances of catcalling. What hasn’t is improved the fear of getting raped every time a woman is outside her home after dark or takes a route that is strange or deserted. The worst thing about all of this is that ultimately it is the victim that is blamed. The society sauts onto the one time she a porté ces short skirt. Or that one boy she que les lacs talking to. And all of a sudden, the rape or the catcalling becomes her fault. Everything the perpetrators does is justified by « boys will be boys ».
Most women are still forced to marry
Ainsi, instead of all that, why not marry her off? Marriage is thought of as this protection from all crimes against women. Dans most families, a woman’s profession is only considered a hobby. Because when she gets married, which she has to, it is the husband who is the designated breadwinner. Women aren’t even trusted with the responsibility of choosing their palefreniers. In the name of freedom of choice, they get a minor say dans who they can marry, after their families have employant the prospective husbands. What we choose to ignore are marital rapes, domestic abuse, forced abortions and all those crimes that happen after marriage.
