How should empowered women be treated in Indian homes?
@aninditasen (18198)
Raurkela, India
August 19, 2021 4:04am CST
Recently a lady Supreme Court Justice commented on a divorce case that Indian parents do not teach their sons how to behave with empowered women. Now is a financially empowered woman in Indian a higher grade human being than a woman who is a homemaker? Both are working- one outside the house and another inside the house. If a working woman feels she cannot manage the house hold responsibilities, do you think she should think of starting a family. In India still woman look after the house hold work. Some men though have started giving a helping hand. So if the women expects that someone should do the house hold work for her as she is working, I think she better remain single and manage her life without putting another family into trouble into which she intends to get married. I was an empowered women once but I managed my household work too.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
19 Aug 21
I think everyone needs to be treated well irrespective of the gender or any other discrimination. When it comes to working women, they share financial responsibilities in a family. It won't hurt if her spouse shares household chores responsibility with her. I mean no one is a guest in house and everyone has share of responsibility to share. Even homemakers should get that help from their spouses. And mothers should bring up their son and daughter in a similar way. Unfortunately in our society even empowered mothers fail to do so. Cooking and chores are life skills and both genders should have those skills.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
19 Aug 21
I have taught my sons to do household work but I find most girls these days to shy away from household work whether they are working or not. And this is very prevalent in West Bengal.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
23 Aug 21
@aninditasen I feel that household chores are life skills. But sadly it is seen as a mean work in our society and only weak gender or poor are supposed to do it. We need to break that stereotyping by bringing up children ( of both genders) such that they respect it and take a pride in taking care of their home.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
24 Aug 21
@arunima25 Now a days house hold chores are not thought to be part of home care as I have seen in many houses leaving the house hold chores for days when their maid is away.
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
19 Aug 21
Proper teaching since a small age is required..a child mostly learns to behave from his/her own home.. hence it is better not to fill their minds with such prejudices and teach them equality among each and every person
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
19 Aug 21
Yes, both the man and the woman should respect each other.
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@TerribleMan (579)
• India
30 Aug 21
Neither woman nor man can consider themselves empowered unless they first become spiritual.
It is a myth that man is more powerful than woman. Men are liars. They are afraid even to admit their weak points.
When people become spiritual, they will focus more on how they will treat others rather than worry about how they will be treated by others. This wisdom alone will gradually bring forth a change in the world.
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@TerribleMan (579)
• India
3 Sep 21
@aninditasen Some women did want to file a police complaint. But when I apologized, they relented. Since I also just accepted the hard slaps without complaint, I guess that also one reason why they felt like not taking me to the police.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
31 Aug 21
Spiritualism is a way of life which few people have accepted in this materialistic world. Hence there has to be some law that would not be gender biased and give equal rights to both men and women.
@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
3 Sep 21
@TerribleMan Thank God you only got slapped and not arrested by the police on the complain of some woman. That you have changed is good to know.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 Aug 21
I think in general women should be respected in all manner of things
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
20 Aug 21
@aninditasen Yes the times have changed
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
21 Aug 21
@RebeccasFarm That's true but that does not give anyone the right to be rude or misbehave.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
20 Aug 21
We all should respect each other. All men should respect women and all women should respect men. Even we should respect our own gender. In India these days it's the young women who do not respect their old inlaws and sometimes parents too just because they are financially independent.
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@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
20 Aug 21
@aninditasen This is my opinion and it is a shame to see that some categories have privileges.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
20 Aug 21
Yes, you are right all men and women have equal rights. No one has got the right to disrespect the other. Even we should respect our own gender.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
20 Aug 21
@LadyDuck Earlier women in India were exploited and hence laws were framed to protect them. However now the criminal minded women have started taking advantage of the these laws. To stop this Supreme Court of India has started revising these laws but still men are vulnerable.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
25 Aug 21
My husband was not that efficient with household work and being an Administrative officer in the government he hardly got any time to help with household chores. Therefore I had to manage. It was hectic but I did manage.
