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Women are an integral part of human society. But for a woman, there couldn’t have been any man. She is the mother of mankind. Despite holding such an important and unquestionable position, role of women has been defined by men over millennia. Our Vedas tell us that women held an important place in ancient culture. No ritual was ever complete without the presence of a woman by her man’s side. All our gods are worshipped alongside their heavenly consorts. There is no dichotomy there. No one questions this. The staunchest of male chauvinist reverentially bows his head to Goddess Lakshmi, or Durga. It is not considered a sign of weakness to bow to female deities.
Someone as respected as Socrates said that the only reason he put up with his wife, Xanthippe, was that she bore him sons. He said it was like putting up with the noise of geese because they produce eggs and chicks. What an analogy from the most revered philosopher of all ages! Closer home Manu said in 200 B.C.: "by a young girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently, even in her own house". "In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent."
It is only when things went way beyond the level of tolerance that the women raised their voices. The first such voice was heard loud and clear in the early 19th century, when the term ‘women suffragists’ became a household word in the west. We were a British colony at that time, but women across Europe and United States rose as an entity demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. It is to the credit of these courageous women that today women’s right to vote is a ‘given’ in most of the free world, though there are still some countries, mainly in the Middle East that still deny women their universal right to vote.
The suffragists had two points of views. One view was that women’s natural place was at home and the voting rights will enable them to help formulate laws that affect life at home. The other view was that men and women should be equal in every way and there was no such thing as a ‘natural’ role for a woman. The ‘suffrage’ movement can be seen as the first wave of the ‘feminist’ movement that caught widespread imagination in 1960s -1980s. This second wave dealt with the inequalities of laws, as well as perceived cultural inequalities. Although the term ‘feminist’ was coined in 1880, its usage as a movement gained ground in 1960s onward
‘Feminists’ were those men and women who wrote, spoke and acted on behalf of women and their rights to social, economical, and political equality. Famous writer Rebecca West defined feminism the best with her now famous comments, “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitue"
Today at the dawn of the 21st century the women across the world are placed at a position of advantage. They are literally on the move. They are paying heed to their inner voice. They are no longer interested in hollow jargon and jingoism. They are finding their individual and collective voice. They are aligned with their conscience, moving ahead with purposeful strides.
21st century is the century for change. The Planet Earth is ready for ‘The Shift of the Ages’. In this New Age, love and compassion will rule the roost, and the woman with her natural attributes of compassion will sow the seeds of global transformation. These changes have already begun, and soon they will gain an unprecedented momentum. The time is ripe for women of all races, castes, class, and nationalities to come together to be the harbinger of this change. Mother Earth is crying for attention, soon like the mythological ‘Shakti’ it will show its true might and annihilate all the evil forces along the way. Only women can be empathetic to the ‘Mother’s plight in her hour of need. When I say ‘women’, I mean the ‘feminine’ in men and women alike. Indian scriptures have always spoken about ‘Ardhnareeshwar’, the Masculine- Feminine deity. The time has come to invoke that Masculine-feminine balance in all of us.
You may well be asking, how can we change the traditions that have been entrenched in our systems through ages? All I can say is that no matter how entrenched the traditions appear, if they do not resonate with your present reality, they are no longer true for you. This entire Universe is ever-changing, why do you and I need to be stuck in age old systems that no longer serve any purpose? The entire creation is constantly in motion; even our so called traditions are loosening their stranglehold. Try them, give them a push, they will give way.
Someone as respected as Socrates said that the only reason he put up with his wife, Xanthippe, was that she bore him sons. He said it was like putting up with the noise of geese because they produce eggs and chicks. What an analogy from the most revered philosopher of all ages! Closer home Manu said in 200 B.C.: "by a young girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently, even in her own house". "In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent."
It is only when things went way beyond the level of tolerance that the women raised their voices. The first such voice was heard loud and clear in the early 19th century, when the term ‘women suffragists’ became a household word in the west. We were a British colony at that time, but women across Europe and United States rose as an entity demanding suffrage, or the right to vote. It is to the credit of these courageous women that today women’s right to vote is a ‘given’ in most of the free world, though there are still some countries, mainly in the Middle East that still deny women their universal right to vote.
The suffragists had two points of views. One view was that women’s natural place was at home and the voting rights will enable them to help formulate laws that affect life at home. The other view was that men and women should be equal in every way and there was no such thing as a ‘natural’ role for a woman. The ‘suffrage’ movement can be seen as the first wave of the ‘feminist’ movement that caught widespread imagination in 1960s -1980s. This second wave dealt with the inequalities of laws, as well as perceived cultural inequalities. Although the term ‘feminist’ was coined in 1880, its usage as a movement gained ground in 1960s onward
‘Feminists’ were those men and women who wrote, spoke and acted on behalf of women and their rights to social, economical, and political equality. Famous writer Rebecca West defined feminism the best with her now famous comments, “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitue"
Today at the dawn of the 21st century the women across the world are placed at a position of advantage. They are literally on the move. They are paying heed to their inner voice. They are no longer interested in hollow jargon and jingoism. They are finding their individual and collective voice. They are aligned with their conscience, moving ahead with purposeful strides.
21st century is the century for change. The Planet Earth is ready for ‘The Shift of the Ages’. In this New Age, love and compassion will rule the roost, and the woman with her natural attributes of compassion will sow the seeds of global transformation. These changes have already begun, and soon they will gain an unprecedented momentum. The time is ripe for women of all races, castes, class, and nationalities to come together to be the harbinger of this change. Mother Earth is crying for attention, soon like the mythological ‘Shakti’ it will show its true might and annihilate all the evil forces along the way. Only women can be empathetic to the ‘Mother’s plight in her hour of need. When I say ‘women’, I mean the ‘feminine’ in men and women alike. Indian scriptures have always spoken about ‘Ardhnareeshwar’, the Masculine- Feminine deity. The time has come to invoke that Masculine-feminine balance in all of us.
You may well be asking, how can we change the traditions that have been entrenched in our systems through ages? All I can say is that no matter how entrenched the traditions appear, if they do not resonate with your present reality, they are no longer true for you. This entire Universe is ever-changing, why do you and I need to be stuck in age old systems that no longer serve any purpose? The entire creation is constantly in motion; even our so called traditions are loosening their stranglehold. Try them, give them a push, they will give way.
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