By Sanskriti Pandey:
Every seemingly ordinary act of hers reeks of subordination. She breathes in air that’s either heavy with male domination, or expectations of meek and controlled behaviour. She is a woman of the Indian society, and she refuses to be a victim any longer.
A huge 48.3% of this country constitutes the female population, and yet, many women are treated like slaves, sex objects, kitchen queens, or birth machines. Prescribed gender roles entail that a girl has got to play with dolls, grow older, and learn to serve others as part of her “responsibility”. To function within limits, to learn household work, and to kill ambitious dreams is part of the drill that others shape her life into. Old Delhi Films made a video with Delhi university students who speak boldly, plainly, and with conviction – urging women all over to fight themselves, their fears, their families and their society. They are not demanding freedom; they are taking it for themselves. Watch!
To know more about what I think of this video, follow me on Twitter at @im_sanskriti.
Batman
If a man exposes he is a pervert. If a woman exposes she is liberated.
ItsJustMe
This is exactly what women need to do. Take matters in their own hands rather than sitting at home and convincing themselves that it is the society’s fault. Guess what it may be the society’s fault. It may be blind to your rights, it may never treat you like you want to be treated. It is a problem faced by both men and women. But the society will never be as sensitive to your feelings. If you want your rights, you need to learn to reach out and take it. You need to defend your rights and demand your equality in an individual level. That is what is meant by the expression “stand up for yourself”