Thursday, May 20, 2010

33%? Is it really necessary in "Politics & Administration"?

Hey guys, before getting into the heat of this text, I must disclose some words for every woman reading this:"NO OFFENSE"!

Whenever I get myself in a scenario with an agenda on the "Women in Politics and Administration", I am showered with references on Ms.J.Jayalalitha(Former C.M. of T.N.), Smt.Sonia Gandhi(Leader of the UPA), Mrs.Indira Gandhi(Former P.M. of India) & Mrss. Kiran Bedi(First Woman I.P.S.). I myself have been fascinated with the feats of these three very great women. To cite a few of their achievements:
1. Ms. J.Jayalalitha
* Fist woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu(Excluding Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran who had held the office for 24 days in 1988).
* Excellent academic and sports records till her entrance in the 'Film Industry'.
* Splendid performer in films; a really good vocalizer; a recipient of the 'Kalaimamani' award.
2. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
* First woman Prime Minister of India.
* Excellent handling of the emergency situation during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
* First woman president of the Indian National Congress.
3. Mrs. Kiran Bedi
* First woman I.P.S. in the country.
* Founder of two NGOs in India: Navjyoti for welfare and preventive policing and the India Vision Foundation for prison reformation, drug abuse prevention and child welfare.
4. Smt. Sonia Gandhi
* Current Chair Person of the United Progressive Alliance.
* Witty handling of the Parliamentary elections - The AAM AADMI campaign.
* Persuasive role in the framing of 'Right to Information' act.

I've noticed a curious evenness in the personal life of these great women. Ms. J.Jayalalitha is a bachelor; Mrs. Indira Gandhi is the widow of Shri. Feroz Gandhi; Mrs. Soniya Gandhi is the widow of Shri. Rajiv Gandhi. The basic similarity is that "all the three wemen have achieved their feat
in the absence of their masculine counter-parts". If they've had their masculine companions, their possibility of achieving would never be concrete. Now I may get an opposition as: "They were being subordinated by their husbands". Think of Mrs. Subbulakshmi(The Uncrowned Queen of Indian Classical Music), Dr. Kamala Selvaraj(Renowned Gynecologist), Mrs. Y.G.Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy(Dean, The PSBB Group of schools)- these women were from the same country and roughly of the same time as the above mentioned trio; yet, they've managed to achieve even with their masculine counter-parts alive. How is this possible? Lets be frank. There are a few tasks that women specialise at. They have their own strengths in those fields where men can't rule the roost. Likewise, men have their own monopolies.

There is a generally accepted opinion that "Married Indian Women are dependent on their Males". The act of the Govt. of India to ban women from being trained as Jet Pilots proves this. It costs about 6 crores to train a jet fighter pilot. Women leave the job after marriage, causing a heavy loss to the Govt.. Men, on the other hand, tend to remain in the job. A career in public life as an M.P. is more depriving than being a fighter pilot in terms of time and personal motivation. Recently, a survey on the M.P.s with the least percentage of being present at the Parliament shows that most of them are women. Male M.P.s like Mr. M.K.Alagiri have also been ranked in top positions in the survey, but, 'majority' is the factor. "Matriarchy" may have been the style of the Government in the past, but, for today's women, keeping away from politics is better.I am not advocating subjugation of women by this. Instead, if they focus on the areas that they are 'naturally' dominant at, they would shine even better!

2 comments:

  1. "if they focus on the areas that they are 'naturally' dominant at, they would shine even better!"- this is similar to the myth we heard 'men are better logical thinkers!' this is so, only because women were deprived education and equal rights for a long time when compared to men who would obviously have an edge. instead of asking women to leave the field, i guess its time that men step down and help their women counterparts to realise their dream in a so called man-dominating areas and bring equality for the years of injustice meted out to them.

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  2. I've said "NO OFFENSE" at the beginning of this text Sanj. The line that you've cited is not a myth! Researchers from the universities of Stanford and Tokyo have been conducting unbiased tests on rational male and female subjects and found that: these many years of evolution and perfection has turned
    1. Males as better gatherers (Good Logical, Directional, Administrative thinkers)
    ans
    2. Females as better negotiators (Good Creative, Descriptive, Socialized thinkers)

    For your second opinion, I believe women are no longer being dominated by men! With a meager 33%, one can find a par huge force of the fairer sex in every field!
    I've a premonition of men being bullied (not literally, ofcourse) by their counter-parts in near future!

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