Loving to be a part of the Ariel Campaign, which has come up with the motto to bring massive change in society by inducing the value of #SayNoToGenderDiscrimination.
I have been against the notion of gender discrimination since my early childhood days…reason, to be specific…we were four sisters so we were looked down on by outsiders who thought like we were sitting on their chest and they could not tolerate our weight…seems funny now when I have attained maturity but in those days, I felt humiliated. In one corner of my heart, I started growing envious of the sons and could not tolerate watching them enjoying the power of being a son.
This story reels back to more than four decades before. In our family, people’s views about girls changed. The parents started giving importance to us giving us equal rights as sons, though neighbors and so-called well-wishers frowned on watching our independence.
In my home, equality existed between sons and daughters, but one sphere was not allocated to boys…the responsibility of managing the kitchen…still it was believed to be the room for girls, and boys were not asked to show their skills in the kitchen. At times, I used to fume being a “उग्रवादी” type who believed in bringing about revolution and entering into a battle who supported that Sons should be debarred from household and kitchen works.
At my home, an amusing fact existed that My Pa entered into kitchen showing his culinary skills in veg. & non-veg. dishes and people ate with delight singing songs of praise.
Both scenes revolved around my eyes and I had promised to myself that one day, I would bring these Men on my knees introducing them to enter into the kitchen…and I did.
Two decades before, I invited my boys to enter into the kitchen and household domain and show their skills…and they did so with interest and choice…no frowns.
My sons, my sibling’s sons whom I regard as my own flesh despite different mothers have given birth to them helped them to enter into household chores to be independent in actions…though their thoughts are still guided by us…poor souls…sometimes, it seems to me that I am taking revenge of the grim situations I faced being a girl…Hahaha 😛
No way, Man, I want to raise my boys far away from the notion of gender discrimination and be free from the guilt of gender bias.
I have fared well…I won the battle against gender inequality because I am free from the old school of ethics that Boys are not made for household and kitchen work, rather my ethics say, Both genders are made for everything and there is only one difference between Men & Women.
A woman can hold a life in her womb for 9 months and can stake her life to bring Life into the world whereas a Man can help in bearing but cannot hold life in their body and neither can stake their life.
I believe that if somebody God hands over the procreation in Men’s hand, the world will go Extinct…Why…because Men are weak in comparison to women.
Enough of philosophy, let’s come to the actual topic.
Watch my guys working in the kitchen independently, whether it is cooking, cleaning utensils, or helping in household work.
At my home, all are considered equal and I pass on the same sermon to all folks…near and dear,
I am happy to be blessed with such cute angels who don’t believe in gender inequality and heartily #SayNoToGenderDiscrimination.
Are you doing the same for your folks, if not…start from today to make the world a better place to dwell.
‘I pledge to #ShareTheLoad in household chores in association with Ariel and BlogAdda‘
This is the post written for the 3rd task of Ariel, “Washing Utensils is fun”
