Women in control,Yes,Sadhana,also..

[Guest guest]

My wife is in total control of me,which for her marks a big phase in Women's

lib.

Good analysis that,Sadhana.

Shyam(84)

Women in control

- " If you are born in America,you are the luckiest woman in the

world. " And i fully agree with her.

I disagree Neeti- it comes back to your que i.e. what is

liberation? If you mean economic emancipation then, yes ,

" Talking about America vs Delhi vs Sevagram.......women

> liberation is a revolution in evolution,a process in

> transition.......women today are in the transit for sure.......few

> are close,few in the middle and many still have a long n long way

to "

But if you are talking about social/physical liberation, there are

different iceberg tips for each fo these groups in terms of disease

and illhealth spectrum (Public health speak):

If rural Indian women suffer from female infanticide, dowry deaths,

illiteracy, early motherhood, birth related deaths, physical and

sexual abuse by spouse and family, passive transmitors of STDs etc

BUT living in a socially cohesive cocoon (however fabricated it may

be)then......

Urban Indian women suffer from increasing divorce rates, increasing

alcoholism/smoking/drug abuse rates, stress of balancing a

traditional home with a working lifestyle BUT standing on par with

men and demanding/taking equal rights and then......

American women (or their counter parts in UK, Canda etc) suffer

from 'control freak'/power intoxication, domestic abuse (of spouse

and children), increasing rates of STDs (active and not passive

transmission), teenage pregnancy, multiple offsprings from multiple

partners, lack of a 'stable home' to come back to after all that

battle with the world, self abuse by way of excesses (physical,

financial, mental).

In my view, Women's lib is not about burning the *** - it is

about 'being in control of one's life' and to me it looks like:

1.The average rural indian woman is not in control of her life

because of cultural and socio-economic reasons controlled by the

society (one end of the statistical curve/bell)

2. The average urban indian woman is caught between the devil and

the deep sea (middle of the bell)

3. The average american woman is not in control of her life because

of cultural and socio-economic reasons resulting from a society

largely out of control (other end of the statistical curve).

Remember? both ends are extremes.

Sadhana'85

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[Guest guest]

Well Shyam, like charity liberation too begins at home!!

Sadhana'85

> My wife is in total control of me,which for her marks a big phase

in Women's lib.

> Good analysis that,Sadhana.

> Shyam(84)

>

[Guest guest]

Well Shyam, like charity liberation too begins at home!!

Sadhana'85

> My wife is in total control of me,which for her marks a big phase

in Women's lib.

> Good analysis that,Sadhana.

> Shyam(84)

>

[Guest guest]

Well Shyam, like charity liberation too begins at home!!

Sadhana'85

> My wife is in total control of me,which for her marks a big phase

in Women's lib.

> Good analysis that,Sadhana.

> Shyam(84)

>