PATRIARCHY RUNS IN THE BLOOD OF
INDIAN SOCIETY
Indian society is ruled by patriarchal system. In this system
men are the dominant figure and women are the subordinate figure. Women’s lives
revolve around what the man determines and decides for the woman. Most women do
not have their own voices and their life is in the circumference of men’s
existence.
There are three three
levels of domination and injustice prevalent in Indian society: one is in poor sector;
one is in the middle class families and also in the crème de la crème of the
society.
In the poor sector women are beaten by their husbands. Due to
their illiteracy women are not aware of their rights and bare these beatings
quietly. The husbands are drunkards and also do not earn.. they force their wives
to give their hard earned money to spend on drinks. These poor women are also
sold by their husbands for a petty sum of money. They except their destiny and
love their life the way men want them to…………
Now shifting to the middle class sector, the
increased mobility of working women in the middle class has improved their
social standing in a multitude of ways. In today’s world, working women of the
middle class assume all the duties and responsibilities of a working middle
class man, in addition to the tradition roles accorded to women in Indian society.
A patriarchal society assumes the superiority and submits to the leadership of
men. In such a society, though a level of independence is gained by middle
class working women, they are still considered subordinate to their
husband/father. Whatever advances in social position are achieved by women
stand nullified by the entrenched patriarchal mentality. The reins of power in
the household still remain with the male head of the family, despite the fact
that the women shoulder as many, if not more, responsibilities.
There should be a change in this system and women should be treated equal as men. Women should be looked as personality and not as a human for mere show. Women should not be judged on THEIR WEARING.
Its high time that society changes their outlook on women and treat them as individuals who demand equal respect in accordance to men from the society.
