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Monday, March 11, 2013

Talking Women's Right.....!


While I agree there should not be discrimination among the gender and to empower the women at per with men. Sometime the issue is taken too far.

Women's in Bhutan took plying khuru (traditional game played by men in Bhutan), which by tradition is never a women's game. They say it is to bring women at per with men. Does that mean women shall wear gho? Or should all women become men?

 Traditional practices every where are gender discriminatory by nature. In Bhutan women wear Kera (female dress), and men gho(man's dress), while such is same in other countries too. Women in india wear sari, men doti, and if you check big shopping centers, we have men and women corners to choose from.

The empowering women in Bhutan has now become a sort of a campaign to convert women to men. I read women empowerment very differently.




Empowering women in real sense is I think about providing and opening all doors for men and women equally in educational, positional, decision making process and making sure all men and women are equally aware, educated, skilled and door open without discrimination. I think we need to be ourselves first to be in the race. If you have chosen to become the other, you are out of the race already because you exist no more.

For instance, a women who is so good to her husband is changed. It was her will and her choice to be good to her husband but in the name of gender equalization she is asked not to do any house hold chores unless her husband does it too. What good will this do? disrupts the family which is other wise peaceful and happy. Do we have alternative? Yes! We have another way to approach in this case, enlighten the ignorant husband of the responsibilities and the roles he should share.  


Do we need to encourage women to take up anything that a man does to empower women? I thought providing equal education, opportunity and providing equal platform for participation etc is the means of empowering women. If converting women to men is the approach, what is the difference between some traditionalist in south Asia, destroying the female fetus? 

We hear of some talk about women quota on the other hand? To me this quota itself is discriminatory. It means women can not compete with men at an equal platform even an opportunity is provided. While women's right should be fighting for equal opportunity, and equal platform, I find this abused to take chances for consideration. Women are better and they are brighter and able even without quota. We cannot afford to pamper any gender in the name of empowering it.


Enjoying the freedom of expression, personal choice, individual right and equal opportunity I thought is just for any one's right.



2 comments:

  1. I second you Mr. Samten. Liked the way you put forward issues. As far as i am concerned, talking about women's right will perhaps bring lots of questions to their rights. If we are trying to equalize men and women, it is better we do not talk about women anymore. The more we talk, the more deprived they feel and thus pops out as a societal problem... It is always better, in some instances to keep quiet and let the nature play its role....thats what i feel.

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