Question- "Our society is responsible for discrimination against women." Consider this argument.

Answer -

Our society respects male characteristics more than femininity and at the same time ensures that men and women who do not fully meet these predetermined standards are treated as ‘fair’ standards. The molding process continued. For example, if a man expresses his grief by stopping in front of people, he is taunted that ‘you are crying like a woman’, and when a man does not fit into the so-called circle of society, the society tells him ‘Wear bangles.’ Who would not remember those lines of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, “Khoob ladi mardaani woh jhansi wali rani thi” - what does it mean? A woman is displaying bravery and valour but the word ‘mardani’ is being used for her. Overall, the quality of bravery is considered to be the specialty of men, yet no matter how many women continue to display bravery and how many men keep running away by showing their backs.

Therefore, it is clear that women are not weaker than men, but this gender inequality is a product of such socio-cultural values, ideologies and institutions, which ensure the ideological and material subordination of women.

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