Feminism by definition, is a philosophy that stands upon the pillar of belief of equality of woman in her contributions towards society. It is based on social, political and economical equality for women. A revolution that includes both the genders (although mainly women) who wish the world to be equal without boundaries. These boundaries or blockades are better known as discrimination and biases against gender, age, marital status and economic status.
The history of feminism and of feminist theory has many possible origins. However for centuries, the presumption of male superiority led to patterns of prejudice and discrimination against women and many of those patterns persist, according to the feminists.
Feminism gets its strong root of support due to the innuendo that women are inferior to men, derived from the actions of many past societies and some more current. They also imply that women should stay home all day watching soap operas, taking care of the children, and making the food for their tired husbands.
Although, the fact that women were treated as inferior cannot be brushed off by us, it is a movement that has strayed from its original philosophy, and has diverted more onto the path of “Women are better than men”, as can be noticed if one looks closely into the current day actions of the feminists.
The notion that ‘women can do everything men can’ is strongly enforced by the feminists, due to which a lot of families are being destroyed as its female members are being encouraged to go challenge their partners (husbands) in everything that they do. As a result, marriage these days have become more of a competition between the husband and wife, instead of its purpose of being a bond of mutual co-operation, understanding and respect of each other’s opinions, views and contributions.
Also we can never ignore the fact that women are different to men physically, psychologically, and in nature. Therefore, trying to promote the idea of women are equal to men is erroneous.
In conclusion, there are things that men can do which women can’t and vice versa. Also there are things that women can do better than men and vice versa. Therefore, the stressing of the ideology that women are better than men or equal to them, must be avoided, for that is too extreme. Instead, a healthier and more balanced ideology must be implemented that women and men must be dealt with equal justice, according to their abilities and contributions towards society in their different ways.
Wordsmith: Mashiar Ahsan
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