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1. Women’s role in the society
A woman. Most people would add adjectives like emotional, weak, softspoken, caring, etc to describe her. But there are some people who say
that women are strong. They are optimists and the best persons to learn
something from. A woman is someone who has made life possible. If
say ‘woman’, she may be a mother, a wife, a daughter or even a
grandmother. A woman in her lifetime has a lot of chores to do and
plenty of roles to play. No wonder a woman should be proud to be
herself.

2. The journey of anyone’s life starts at birth. A woman is born as
a little girl. Do you think all women as girls see the outside world at
birth? Unfortunately ‘NO’. How shameful it is to know that crimes like
female feticide still persist in many parts of the world. Everyone wants a
boy child, but why? If there were boys left, then that would be the end
of human life. Without a woman no man can continue the later
generations. This is today’s mentality. It needs liberation. Of course,
there are variations in the masculine and feminine genders. But why are
the males preferred more? Is it because they are bread winners? Today,
there are many women working and earning. But there should be
change from ‘many’ to ‘almost all’ which needs society’s
encouragement for women’s education. Today, there are many women
who are at par with men. But the others should also try and become
independent and earn a living. Decision making is done mostly by the
man of the family and everyone has to accept it. But the fact is that
many problems are there which can be tackled only by women and not
by men. For example, it can be said that women have the power or the
capacity for emotional bonding and attachment. This is the result of the
nurturing role played by a woman with her children.
Which woman wants conflicts? Which mother having children
wants a war? The mother always aims to keep her children safe and
secured. So, a woman is the one who brings peace into the world. A
woman harbours care and concern for the society. These are the
qualities of the ‘feminine’ which are needed to nurture the children. The
society needs these powers of the woman. So, the sooner they come
forward, the better it is. But, what returns are women reaping for
bringing peace in the society? Domestic violence, sexual assaults, etc.

3. These are the most common occurrences that we can observe in many
houses in India. Wife beatings, no food and endless torture and
suffering. We should respect the woman who does such a lot for each
and everyone.
Many women today are employed. But today for employment,
they are expected to live their days like men. They are expected to have
a ‘manly’ attitude towards their jobs. They have to forsake their time
with their children, their time with their families for whose sake they
have opted to work and earn. Unmarried women are also educated and
are employed. They then enter the world of business, earning and
money. However, instead of appreciating their work output and
respecting them for it, women are treated disrespectfully and looked
upon as objects of entertainment. There are cases of rape and sexual
harassment reported from within the four walls of the corporate room
almost every second day throughout the world. Don’t these women
deserve bigger measures of respect? Don’t they have a right to live
their life without any fear?
Because of this grave reality, the family members think twice
before letting a matured girl step out into the outside world. So the girl
is married off to some male and she has to take care of the children and
the family and that is what her life is all about. There are some women
who are strong enough to enter the male dominated arenas. Then what
about their children? Are they to be left with the not so trust worthy
maid? What will a mother with a hard-hearted boss do when he thinks
that the ‘Mom and Child’ valuable time should be considered not so
important on the days when there is a lot of work? What will the

4. consequences of this be? After all, every mother wants some precious
time with her children to become their best of friends.
Everyone wants women to work and earn and be a ‘masculine
woman’. They expect them to be strong, aggressive and have a ‘manly’
attitude. But working also needs patience, care and emotional bonding.
There are some characteristics needed for the working world that we
observe only in women. The inherent nature of women also brings
peace into the working world and thus reduces the misunderstandings
and disturbances in the same. So, let the women be what they are and
how they are.
There are hardships encountered by women in all good deeds
they do. They aspire to make a better stand in the working world. But to
truly make a better stand, it is necessary for them to be better heard
and understood and treated with pride, carrying their capacity to
nurture and spread peace to a higher platform and create a place of
respect for them in the society. Now it’s our turn to do something for
women and bring happiness into their world. Because of them we are
here and because of their nurture and care, their children are reaching
great heights of success.
A woman truly rules the world, so we should respect the ruler and
make her feel that she is indeed someone precious.
- Khushi Daxini