When politics and economics are thought of in terms of being interlinked, one comes to a conclusion that in most of the capitalists states or even in some other the 'ruling class' is the one with the greatest amount of wealth and resources. Gender difference also plays an important role in creating these social divisions and even in 'social exclusion' of certain groups.
Transgenders are a socially excluded group. In country like ours where the culture promotes male dominance and female oppression even females can be termed as the socially excluded group. I would like to quote an incidence which I heard a few days ago and that greatly impacted me.
My grandfather had a friend XYZ who asked his daughter to find a job and then save money for her dowry. His daughter told him that if she's going to earn and if she's going to be responsible for her wedding expenditure herself, she would marry the person of her own choice. That man burnt his daughter. He told others that she had attempted suicide but his son told someone that he and his father had burnt his sister themselves. This shows the true face of our society. Men claim to be the protectors of their women that's why they demand obedience. But they are hypocrites in most of the cases.
In our country the poverty index shows more women to be poor than men.In many countries and in ours as well female employees are usually concentrated in low paid jobs or in 'black economy'. They usually have to work because of jobless drug addicts that they have as their husbands. Households that are run by single mothers are more liable to fall below the poverty line. Even for women with respectable jobs it is very hard to survive in the working environment without anything being said about their character. The notion of 'ghairat' or 'izzat' is always attached with women and this leads to the prevalence of 'honour killing'.
This shows that gender can be and is a cause of social divisions and exclusion of certain groups. And if we talk about transgender they didn't even have ID cards and a right to vote until very recently. They are in worst condition when it comes to violation of rights as most of the parents don't keep such children and once they become a part of that community. They have to use all sorts of illegal mean e.g prostitution to earn as they have not even been given the right of education by our society. Our society needs to accept them and provide them with more opportunities to lead a respectable life.
2 comments:
It is sad that our society looks down upon women when on one side they claim to be the protectors of women and on the other they do the exact opposite.
I read it somewhere that people turn to violent behaviours because they are fearful that the other might do harm to them. Similarly, the men in our society fear that the women might do a better job in their respective fields and thus suppress them. They find this a means to satisfy their ego. However, they should see that by doing so they are doing more harm than good.
I will disagree with Laila because her statement is logically fallacious. I do not see any support and evidence for the claim she has made.
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