Here is a very good
article in this link
And this is my
comment to that article
I really liked the
whole article as it contains lots of unbiased observations which are all very
true.
The moment we isolate
any group, for whatever reason or justification, and classify them for some
special attention or treatment we resort to or tend to look through [based on
our own inbuilt identities and our willingness or unwillingness to relate to such
group/s] sometimes with a magnifying glass, sometimes with a micro scope,
sometimes with a telescope etc and scrutinize in depth.
This very process
distorts our perception about the group and we come up with multiple dogmas and
from then on it is the dogmas that we discuss, debate and deal with and almost
forget or push into background the issue or person or thing or group for which
or about which such dogmas were established. However let us not forget that the
evolutionary process in the genesis of social dogmas has no end. In this
case Feminism.
Here as a writer who
used to write in a column titled Adam’s view in a woman’s magazine some 20 years
back I would like to share some of my writings almost all of which were
published in different magazines.
1] “It is very
unfortunate that most Magazines/periodicals which are meant to speak for the
cause of women tend to improve the status of women as a cynosure of society,
rather than project women as sure signs of improving the status of society.
They tend to make a veiled suggestions, perhaps unwittingly, to treat women
more as objects of admiration, caring more for their cosmetic embellishments,
glossy and gorgeous garments, glittering jewels, or as objects of pity
narrating their woes, marital problems, or recounting Mills and Boon types of
romance, or narrating episodes to vindicate that women can do anything that men
do or even better than them and project their victory in a competition of
gender. These are probably inevitable commercial requirements. Unfortunately,
what happens is that these things mask the other more excellent, extraordinary,
aesthetic aspects of womanhood. In these periodicals, while women’s
acknowledged competitive achievements are paraded and publicized, and certain
cruel harsh realities and problems of women in general are discussed with the
possible remedial measures, they fail to propagate the more precious virtues of
womanhood.” From my article some 20 years back under column Adam’s view
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