Women abuse

How often do you find women abuse in and around you? Quite often, isn’t it? At home, at work; wherever you go you find it. Why only women?

Interestingly, this has its roots in the Vedas. Manu, greatly regarded as the architect of Hinduism, has spelt how women should be. This inherently worked in favor of all those who wanted to shackle women. Not only Hinduism, every religion has spelt out one or the other method of tying them up. The systems of Purdah, Sati, Child marriages only increased the male domination. All these helped the male chauvinists to keep women at home and behave as they like.

Another interesting development in this sequence is the advent of Devdasis. This system promoted prostitution in the society, again another form of abuse. Those were the times when women were treated as objects of entertainment and nothing more.

Then came the times, when some great women of substance revolutionized the society. A Rudramadevi, a Durgabai Deshmukh showed everyone what women are capable of. But, on the domestic front nothing changed; the same old treatment towards women and the same old abuse. But, there was a change in the way women started thinking. This was the time when they gave a serious thought of breaking the shackles. Reformists like Kandukuri helped to transform the way women are treated by this male-dominant society.

And there was a slow but sure change in the thinking of women. They began to realize their true potential. What drastically changed their thinking is the iron woman of India, Indira Gandhi. She epitomized a common Indian woman. She showed that women can do anything they want to. The modern day Kalpana Chawlas and Sushmita Sens only embody their spirit and strength. But, we still see a Jessica Lal. We still witness women undergoing trials and tribulations.
Why do we still witness women abuse? Women, more often than not enjoy the success of their counterparts as much as theirs. But, the same can’t be said of the darker sex. How many men can sincerely say that they enjoy their spouses’ success like theirs? You hardly find one. Having faced the trauma for so many a generations now, it’s not a surprise that women of these days prefer to be single. It’s time everyone recognizes the women power, else a day will come when it will be too late, too little