Gender is how we are brought up in a particular segment of society. People often get confused between the two terms i.e. sex and gender. Our society has generalised responsibilities for men and women and these responsibilities gives birth to Gender discrimination. There is a common attitude which can be seen in the people of our society that they think boys and girls are different but they fail to understand that every person has both feminine and masculine characteristics. People are often biased towards the emerging third gender i.e. transgenders. They don't even want to talk about them.
Discrimination between a girl and a boy has become a common topic of discussion but still people behave in an indifferent way.
A girl is killed in mother's womb because she is not a boy and she is a burden over her family. There is a common trait which can be seen in our society that after a girl is born, parents start worrying about her marriage. They don't want girl children to survive because they think that they have to spend a lot of money on her and she is not as much efficient as the boy to earn money and support her family. She is treated as " paraya dhan" but they fail to understand the actual worth of a girl. They just focus more on having a boy child.
Due to lack of awareness, our society fails to notice that our sex-ratio is adversely affected. When a girl child is born, people often curse her mother and she is repeatedly abused sexually and mentally so that she gives birth to a boy. In this way, population is rising day by day and poorer are becoming more poorer as they have to feed a family of 11 members. These repetitive sexual acts affects the health of the mother adversely but people are not aware about this.
In our society, girls are always questioned and they are asked to behave well and respect all but these things are not taught to the young boys so boys feel that they can do anything with the girls and girls will suffer silently. This perception has far- reaching consequences like boys raping the girls, sexual abuse, harassment, domestic violence, etc. Though, girls are raising voice but the pre- dominant structure of the patriarchy still forces a girl to remain quiet and suffer.
People think that girls are like flowers and they need to be protected but they fail to see that actual strength is derived from freedom, which a girl is deprived of. Even today some people think that girls should not be educated and they don't send their girls to schools. People say that girls and boys are different. I agree that they are different biologically and due to these biological differences people say that boys are more stronger but they don't want the girl to become stronger to fight against adverse situations. They don't see the strengths of a girl and make her feel weaker even if she is not weak.
We need to prioritise everyone equally as everyone is different but everyone is a human.
Discrimination between a girl and a boy has become a common topic of discussion but still people behave in an indifferent way.
A girl is killed in mother's womb because she is not a boy and she is a burden over her family. There is a common trait which can be seen in our society that after a girl is born, parents start worrying about her marriage. They don't want girl children to survive because they think that they have to spend a lot of money on her and she is not as much efficient as the boy to earn money and support her family. She is treated as " paraya dhan" but they fail to understand the actual worth of a girl. They just focus more on having a boy child.
Due to lack of awareness, our society fails to notice that our sex-ratio is adversely affected. When a girl child is born, people often curse her mother and she is repeatedly abused sexually and mentally so that she gives birth to a boy. In this way, population is rising day by day and poorer are becoming more poorer as they have to feed a family of 11 members. These repetitive sexual acts affects the health of the mother adversely but people are not aware about this.
In our society, girls are always questioned and they are asked to behave well and respect all but these things are not taught to the young boys so boys feel that they can do anything with the girls and girls will suffer silently. This perception has far- reaching consequences like boys raping the girls, sexual abuse, harassment, domestic violence, etc. Though, girls are raising voice but the pre- dominant structure of the patriarchy still forces a girl to remain quiet and suffer.
People think that girls are like flowers and they need to be protected but they fail to see that actual strength is derived from freedom, which a girl is deprived of. Even today some people think that girls should not be educated and they don't send their girls to schools. People say that girls and boys are different. I agree that they are different biologically and due to these biological differences people say that boys are more stronger but they don't want the girl to become stronger to fight against adverse situations. They don't see the strengths of a girl and make her feel weaker even if she is not weak.
We need to prioritise everyone equally as everyone is different but everyone is a human.
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