What comes to your mind when you read the word ‘Empowerment’? Let me guess, WOMEN, right? This is the problem which is creeping into our society bit by bit making the entire system crippled. What about the men who haven’t got their piece of cake? Don’t they deserve to make their own choice? Let’s look at the entire scenario.
A baby boy is born in the family. Happiness all around, people cheering, the entire house is enlightened. Uh uh, don’t be mistaken. They aren’t genuinely happy about his birth but are pleased by thinking about the fact that he is going to be their caretaker for the life. Yes, he, who came out of the womb two days ago, is already a man in their thoughts.
He grows up slowly and expectations rise thousand times faster. They want him to be strong-Physically and mentally. He must hold hid tears in the darkest of hour and act like Hercules even if his skin is ripped in the process. Only to let the thought, “Men don’t get hurt” live longer.
Even so, a girl must face problems much bigger than these. Her wings are chained the moment she dreams of flying heights. Her thoughts are termed baseless and her existence undefined. She suffers pain in each step of her life and yet she is expected to be gentle and calm.
Her problems grow with every rising sun and finally, after centuries of torment, she is being considered. People began thinking, placing themselves in her situation. They realised that she is in pain and her sufferings had to end. Virtuous beings stood up for her right. They praised and admired her. The government enforced laws. She is supposed to be happy but, we still hear grieves more than laughter. Whenever a girl comes out of her house to fight for her right, she gets into much larger trouble rather than overcoming it. People talk, judicial systems take time and money both; but once in pain, always in pain. Instead of getting the respect and support, she is being eliminated and decisions are biased.
This thing has affected the other side too. Men are being labelled as ‘criminals’ by default. Women harassment cases are overly examined troubling both ‘him’ and ‘her’; most of them being false. What about a harassed man? How many times have we seen them talk freely about the tortures they faced? Shouldn’t she think twice before accusing him? Why does a woman sometimes forget that she is a daughter, sister, wife and a mother when men are constantly reminded of this? When a girl gets pushed by a guy, it is teasing her. And accordingly, it’s the mistake of the guy even if he is being pushed by a girl, “Weren’t you purposely standing in front of me?”
Neither she nor he is satisfied. She never gets justice and he is always accused. Both are innocent and both are distressed.
Revolutionising society is a success only if it contributes to the betterment of both the sets. Refining one and disregarding the other would never aid the world. Working in collaboration is the only solution. Women of the present generation are not weak. They do not need reservations and constant supervision. They can work things on their own. And men, need to be given similar respect as the women. They do not want people to expect more than they can. They have their own dreams and full right to choose whatever profession to live with.
At the end of the day, we are not complete without each other. We need to honour and accept every individual. Working for the betterment of one pack should be modified to working in correspondence for the entire world. Only then will it be healed and turn into a better place to live.
