WOMEN'S STUDIES PERSPECTIVES
What is Women's Studies???
Women studies is the pursuit of a more comprehensive, critical and balanced understanding of social reality
The essential components includes
- Women's contribution to the social process.
- Their struggles and aspirations.
- Women's perceptions of their own and of the broader reality.
- Understanding of the roots and structures of inequality.
Objectives of women' studies..
To conscientise both men and women by helping them to understand, recognize and acknowledge the multidimensional roles played by women's in society.
To promote better understanding of process of social, technological and environmental changes.
To contribute to the pursuit oh the human rights.
To render 'invisible' women 'visible'.
Some women's studies concepts....
- Concept of patriarchy
- Personal is political
- Fear of success
- Equal and Different
- Gender and sex
- Participation, Decision making.
- Empowerment
- Work and Employment.
Discrimination between MEN and WOMEN
Women are physically weaker then men
man need more food then women as they do more work then women
Patriarchy is natural and nature itself has made women biologically different
Children's are the special responsibility for mothers, children need mother more then a father
Men are mature women are emotional.
Employment and income generation for women are optional.
Husband should be more educated, earn more and better employed then the wife.
POLAR OPPOSITES -- IS IT TRUE?????
Men **************Women
Day --------------------Night
Rational----------------Emotional
Culture -----------------Nature
Mountain--------------River
Sun---------------------Moon
Conclusion
Here i conclude that each and every men in the social society should not discriminate the WOMEN and should provide
Concept of equality, Dignity, gender justice, Women's rights, literacy, Education, Skill development, Vocational Education/Training and income generation, Employment
I request all the steemiterians to give their valuable views and steps to be taken to develop women's in all aspects.