Gender Disparity
↬ Gender Disparity
Gender disparity means discriminatory (বৈষম্যমূলক) treatment (আচরণ) towards the female. It begins with the birth of the female child. The worst (সবচেয়ে খারাপ) sufferers are the divorced (স্বামী পরিত্যক্তা/তালাকপ্রাপ্ত) women and the widows (বিধবাগণ). The main reason of this degrading (অবনতিশীল) situation is that the women are not wage-earners (উপার্জনকারীগণ) and they have to depend on the male members of the family for their livelihood (জীবিকা). The other reasons lie in the familial and social attitudes. The parents think that the female child will go away into another family as wife in due course of time and will not contribute anything to the family welfare. Sociaty considers the women to be weaker in strength and wisdom. So, they are faced with discrimination in the spheres (ক্ষেত্রসমূহ) of employment and career building. Society also thinks that their duty is to do household chores (ঘরোয়া টুকিটাকি কাজসমূহ) and rear up children. So, they are not allowed to go out of home and are not given the light of education. As such, they cannot develop strong personality and are not associated with decision making. A female child is welcomed in the family with disaffection (অসন্তোষ/বিরক্তি), because she is regarded as nothing more than a burden (বোঝা/গলগ্রহ) and a liability (দায়). This problem of gender discrimination can be solved by creating general awareness among the people about the talents and importance of the female and removing social superstition (কুসংস্কার) prevailing against them. When the women are properly educated, they will be in a position to prove their worth (যোগ্যতা, সামর্থ্য) and then the unmerited discrimination against them will automatically vanish.
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