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Stand with them, not "for them"

"Women are bound by their domestic responsibilitY hence may not justify critical roles" Remarked a gentleman who also seemed to have a doubt upon the success of women lawyers as he claimed that not many female lawyers have made their mark in the legal profession. Really, Are we even rightful of questioning our women of success when "Equality" is still only a beautiful concept for us, when we known why are our women not given higher roles in organisations. Not that I particularly have a problem with the respected gentleman but the entire society that is responsible for where our women stand today and how they are perceived. Driving all alone, early in the morning to a distant village in haryana through the rural landscape as the sun rises, I NOTICE men (Sitting mostly in their sheer Dhoti with/without Vest), cluster up around their hookah chattering, shamelessly gazing at the women (clad in dupattas with only the eyes mostly seen) with their earthen pots to be fill...