Gender sensitivity— A pressing concern

One of the most pertinent issues that troubles India is the issue of gender sensitivity.

- Samprikta Sinha

 

India is a country where female deities are worshipped; moreover, India itself is considered as a ‘motherland’. In spite of such glorification, the Indian society hasn’t quite been the harbinger of gender equality.

Even to this day, cases of honour killing, rape, deaths related to dowry and foetal deaths are rampant; even to this day, birth of a girl child is scorned upon in many households and the birth of a boy child is seen as auspicious. The problem is at the core. As long as people are not made aware of gender equality, discrimination against women won’t cease.

An issue like gender sensitivity requires more awareness among men and women equally. Women have been perpetual victims of gender discrimination, be it at workplace, school, home or even public transport. The male hegemony over female, existing since time immemorial, is a result of social structures, which demeans women as the weaker gender, while elevating men on the pedestal as the more superior gender.