Gender Roles in India – Work, Home, Life Balanced Enough?
When the world entered into the era of medieval age, who knew that women would make this far to reaching nearly all sectors, which only men dominated once? It is quite evident that slowly and steadily, yet definitely Indians have started making progress in regard to their women’s career. But the thing is still far behind if we compare ourselves from developed countries. Now, don’t get me wrong on this. Comparisons are human tendencies and we more often compare ourselves with those at better positions, so as to evaluate how far we have reached. The issues don’t only prevail in India but overseas as well but there is still a difference in the mindsets when we talk about generalized scenario.
Women and their new responsibilities
Once women get married, they are not allowed to follow a stable career path because of countless new responsibilities. This is irrespective of their educational qualifications/work experience they hold. Women are more likely taking a long break or perhaps quitting their jobs, despite of getting promoted, salary hikes, or other perks of motivation. This is because time and again they are expected to prove their worth in their family that they are not being selfish. They are labelled as being selfish if they do not match their family needs, such a child-care, cooking and other household chores.
Our society has moved forward to make their girls educated but gave them role of being a “superwoman” or “supermom”. Those who better manage their work, home and life, are termed with such words, and others simply hesitate asking for more. Even women are so used to this kind of upbringing, they never (try to) know their rights as a human being. Our society has not yet taught its boys to sometimes take household responsibilities and lessen their women’s burden, because the world is rapidly changing and they might need to use their skills, if their women is not there. And here in this particular context I mean all kinds of women, whether they are their mothers, sisters, wives and/or daughters. There are countless women across the country who value themselves by the statuses their husband holds. They too believe that they do not need to step out of home, forget about managing work-life balance.
Another point is, most people believe that they educate their daughters, not only to find an “eligible” match, but also to make them ready tackling unwelcome financial crises. Here is the thing! We get educated so that we get deserving jobs and it is a continual process. Once you quit it, everything seems to an end. There are cases that girls do persue for engineering, and masters but never get a job, nor do their parents make it an issue. If they find a job through on/off campus placement drives, they do not continue because of infinite reasons.
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