Yes! I am a Girl!
Being a girl in it self is the biggest challenge a human being can face. When in womb she has less than 50% chances to see the light of day. She is on the mercy of her bearer. Outside the womb the cruel members of the family who have given birth to her just to get the reward money announced by the Government can give her death sentence any time after they receive the money.
If she is lucky enough, she can enjoy her child hood, always being compared to her brother and making her feel useless and inferior. She has to struggle at every phase of survival, proper education, proper nutrition, proper sanitation, the list can be enormous, not to forget the abuse from an elder brother or father.
Even before reaching adolescent she may be forced into marriage, she can face genital mutilation, forced prostitution and various forms of sexual harassment, honour killing, sex slavery…….an unending list.
Now she is married, she is not independent because her parents have never given importance to her education. Her in-laws perceive her a burden. So she has to bring dowry from her parental home. If she fails to meet their unending demand she is ill-treated, abused beaten and in extreme cases burnt to death. Death-thank god her soul can now rest in peace, but it is not always the case; she leaves behind her children. Then starts their share of misfortune.
Karl Marx have very rightly said ”Social progress can be measured by position of female sex”. Still parents do not send their daughters to school the reasons can vary from poverty to lack of proper schools in the neighbourhood. These reasons can be over come incase of a boy but not for a girl who is considered the weaker sex. They do not understand that education is the biggest gift a parent can give their daughter. It is the most precious dowry. A working wife brings more money and prosperity- a dowry paid in installments. In India the alarming ratio of girl:boy gives goose bumps . But still as per Darwin’s law of survival for the fittest, girls are fighting and surviving all the odds offered by the society. Their fight will continue till the last girl in the face of earth gets wiped out.
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Sreyoshi DeyJuly 31, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I feel Bell Bajao is doing an amazing job here-Domestic Violence is nothing more than the skeleton that every household tries to hide behind the doors!
@ Piali: you have really brought together all the possible ways that we women are victimized, and victimized not just by males, but mostly by other women. it was a really good and strong read.
Cheers
Sreyoshi
KoyelAugust 13, 2010 at 11:09 pm
When bell bajao had started campaigning I was too young to understand its importance since I come from a loving family. But when I saw domestic violence with my own aunt I realized that no level of education can change the nature of any family. I agree that women at every step of life have to face challenges (as Piali says in her article) and worst part is after marriage they have to cope with husband’s family. It is completely on fate how well a woman is accepted in the family. Bell bajao is doing a great job. At least an educated woman can find a support.
regards
Koyel
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