Regi,
While I have to welcome what you have told, I have to say that the most
prominent issue before the women of our state is not "equality". It is so
tough for them to walk in a crowded street, or in a bus without "falling
into the hands (or...)" of those sick men. As Ayyappadas said, most of the
ladies carry safety pines with them, as a weapon.
Yes, segregation is one most important reason I see for this. A majority of
people has never talked to someone from the opposite sex in their lives
(other than family members, before their marriage etc).
In Thrissur, where I grew up, most of the peope who are left to go for the
state syllabus are left to go to:
Sacred Heart, Holy Family, St Clares, St Annes, Govt. Model Girls,
or
CMS, Govt. Model boys, Don Bosco, St Pauls etc
Almost all the schools promote sexual segregation.
I have to think that a majority of people who chose for higher education in
Kerala have never studied with the people of other sex! I know people who's
did their schooling in Sacred Heart, then went to Vimala College.
Aside, I also have parents queuing to send their children to a monster
called Prof PC Thomas. The things this fanatic says...!! In addition to
having separate classes for boys and girls, this fool wants the boys classes
to be finished before the girls classes, and the boys to leave the compound,
so that boys will never "see" girls..!
In addition to this segregation factor, another constraint that comes to
mind is that the jobs scenario in our state is too skewed. In a state that
lives on Foreign remittances, the vast majority of those who work in
foreign countries are men. Their wives are left at home (in Kerala ), most
of them looking after family matters and children, till their husband pays a
visit once in an year or so. And most of the jobs in our state these days
are the sales-person in shops (Jewelry/ Textile/ Super Markets) , and here
the "equality" principle almost never comes into picture.
There is so much to say about this. The women who travel between EKM and TVM
daily,and still goes home and finishes the household work and then teaches
her children... The reaction of the relatives and society to the women who
choose not to keep quite about the sexual harassment she had to face in a
bus... The folks who stopped playing football and came behind a girl asking
for her mobile number (in pure day light)... The moral policing by Kerala
Police....
Leaving here for now. Also, please check out:
http://blanknoiseproject.blogspot.com/
It is a movement against eve-teasing, mainly concentrated in Big Cities. If
the womenfolk of our state choose to do something like this, the choice of
words would be between "insane", "doubtable character" and "whore".
_____________________________________________
On 5/14/07, Regi P George <george_regi_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 1. Decades before Kerala women had no right to cover her breast.
> 2. Manorama, Mangalam Kind weekly have Lakhs of Circulation in Kerala
> 3. TV serials story written by the above said weekly's main writers have a
> very hot market in Kerala.
> 4. Blind beliefs and Faith is not sufficent for kerala which is orginally
> from India so People are importing New Vasthu from China.
> 5. More than 60% malayali is adict to blind faith, TV Serials and Manorama
> weekly kind books.
>
> What kind of gender equality you expect from this society.
>
> Making more women understanding thier real staus in the society and
> forcing them to come out against gender inequality can bring a lot of
> (Immediate) awareness to the society.
>
> Forcing the TV serial directors to produce more serials characterising
> women's rights and gender equality can be a possible media spreading
> awareness to those who are adict to serials.
>
> Forcing the electronic media to place some Statutory warning like "As per
> the constitution Women have equal right in the society and all the geneder
> inequality showing in this serial is part of the story only" may reduce the
> coming of such serials. or somting more possible words
>
> Place Bill Boards in public places and installing messages and visuals
> talking about the need of gender equality inside train and buses and railway
> stations and busstations can give a good idea to the public on their moral
> status.
>
> Advertisiments in TV showing the gender inequality, the real mental stage
> of Malayali and encouraging him to come out from this slavery can help to
> solve this issue.
>
>
> regi
>
>
>
> *Arun Shivanandan <arun.shivanandan_at_gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> I think we should evaluate the changes and try to find out which changes
> are good and which are not.
>
> Yes, I agree with you. The thing is, we have to first realize that the
> world is changing. And that some of these changes are inevitable.
>
> About gender issue, I fully agree with you. But in our state, I feel that
> this segregation is increasing these days. I would attribute the reason for
> this to a society getting stagnant.
>
> Arun.
>
> On 5/14/07, Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 11/05/07, Arun Shivanandan <arun.shivanandan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > doxa said <
> > > So violence is unrelated to *bar-dances*, *disco-pubs* and *red-light
> > areas*
> > > - aren't they notorious ?>
> > >
> > >
> > > To be brutally frank, I find that the people who are arguing for a
> > > "community based society" than an "individualistic society" think that
> > the
> > > world should live as they like..!! The world is changing, Sir...! If
> > you
> > > are not aware of that, then whose problem is it?
> >
> > I don't think that, just because the world is changing, we should
> > accept all the changes unquestioningly. I think we should evaluate the
> > changes and try to find out which changes are good and which are not.
> >
> > As far as at least some of the gender issues are concerned, the
> > problem lies with segregation. Right from childhood, at home and in
> > schools, boys and girls are separated so that they don't get a chance
> > to understand each other. This has to change and it may take some time
> > to change because of the mindset of previous generations. We need to
> > work towards that.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > --
> > V. Sasi Kumar
> > Free Software Foundation of India
> > Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Do not judge me from man's point of view"
>
> "Judge me from God's - by the hidden purpose behind my actions.
> *Regi George wishing you Good Luck. Thanks*
>
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