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^ Well said. As for the statement about getting married at 14 and having numerous children, I suspect it still happens in many places. Like certain districts in Rajasthan, for instance, and Dharmapuri district in my state, Tamil Nadu.
Does she even know what feminism means? It just means that one's gender shouldn't come in the way of one's empowerment, and that the restrictions placed by gender should be done away with.
I do agree that some waves of feminism have been off the mark and gone to a different tangent altogether (radical feminism for instance). But ultimately, it all boils down to one thing- that an individual's gender should in no way cause a hindrance to their overall development and not discriminate against them in any way.
Many women are ashamed to confess that they're feminists. Fair enough. 🥱
But I, for one, am not an ingrate. I remember every contribution, every sacrifice made. Every act of rebellion that was done so that we could do the same things that only men were entitled to- like the right to vote, for instance, that was granted by the suffragette movements in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Of course, India didn't have to experience that because our founding fathers granted us the right to vote from the get go. I suspect that they too, were feminists😃 It is sad, some men are more enlightened about the challenges that all women collectively face, than some women who are blind to the varied experiences of womenfolk.
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