The Idea Of Modern Feminist

FEMINISM

- Harsha Prerna

She is smart, she is beautiful, she is strong, she is a giver, and she is a creator, she is a WOMAN! Sadly, she needs to prove her worth every time and she has been fighting for her identity for centuries. She doesn’t want a higher status in society but she often questions, why is she looked down upon as compared to her male counterparts? It’s been years now that women are facing denials for fundamental matters like education, work, pay, just to name a few.

The discussion for the rights of women is not new but “feminism” has certainly evolved globally and came a long way but the struggle continues. The recent feminist activities that strongly opposes sexual harassment and violence against women can be termed as the “Fourth Wave of Feminism”. The waves are basically the description and differentiation between different era and generation of feminism. There have been many public and essential discussions on global platforms for the intricacy of feminism.

THE CONCEPT

We may call ourselves modern, but when it comes to getting opportunities, shamefully gender plays an important role. That’s not modernism! There are so many diverse cultures, but most of them are still male-dominated, and we have adapted to this so much that we don’t even realize that in most of the cases. If we talk about the professional world, in the majority of industries, women are either denied or underpaid at work because of their gender. Feminism doesn’t demand privileged rights for women because they are women, it just seeks equality in social, economic and political rights just like men and not just being objectified as “homemakers” or sexual objects. In fact, things are even worse when a girl child is killed only because she is a female whereas a male child is a reason for celebration.

THE MYTH