CONSTRUCTIVE FEMINISM
Dr. ARUN K. SHUKLA
Learned , still learning & who promises to learn . ( I am getting ready to share my humble lessons , learn from others’ lessons and contribute to progress , peace and prosperity .
“ Constructive Feminism” is a word I would like to define as the need of the hour, very much in agreement with worldwide activities promoting social and political alterations to empower the women to the level of men, enabling co-existence and not unfurling a competition with vengeful underlining which is unfortunately evident at ground level. It also includes the aspect that the law should not be enabled with a skewed vision of past atrocity rather the emphasis needs to be on creating an equilibrium among the genders in such a way that an upsetting wave of crest and trough is restricted to a balanced level ensuring harmony right from the inception stage.
Unfortunately, history has been a witness to a turbulent time of aggression, rebellion and vengeance which has always been deviating from the main purpose to be well advocated and well-executed. Whenever any movement or revolution has been initiated, sadly, it has been initiated with a belligerent and vindictive shade and thus the necessary change could not follow through and lost its purpose after some time
The Constructive Feminism Movement has to be well received and embraced so that its impact is effective and least objectionable by its nature of positivity. It is very important to note that when Psychological observations were formulated by renowned Psychologist Sigmund Freud it was inclusive of both psychological and sexual connotations in his famous Psychosexual theory of Analysis. It is a fact that despite years of existence there stands a demarcating difference between the two genders and thus equality needs to be insured without ignoring the strong differences. So the various aspects that need to change a belligerent opposition to a true evolution needs few mandatory steps
1. Certainly the role of law authorities needs to be made more impactful by regular time interval interference and possibly half-yearly to yearly reporting schedule to check proper mental health of both male and female in the premises of those four walls, to receive timely feed back from the approach that read “ Stich in time saves nine. “ The couple - the family pillars need to harmonise their stay to a stable and healthy tenure till their children reach their adulthood. After all the children need the couple to maintain their harmony to ensure a proper umbrella of shade for their healthy growth. The experimenting nature in marriage needs to be checked to a disciplined and accountable behaviour by the law.
2. The psychological counselling which was earlier insured by the members of the united family needs now to be insured by the authorities ensuring law, which of course can be made accountable , thus not only ensuring stable social structures but also new jobs to the well-read jobless. Of course, the subtle learning to the law promoters , will also contribute to a stable and healthy section of the society.
3. The visits by legal authorities as a procedure will certainly check atrocities on the weaker sex within the four walls which for years in the past has remained unnoticed and unfortunately promoting the negative masculinity in terms of multiplying degree of crime against women as time passed.
4. The so-called present feminist must take into account the honourable presentation of women in a dignified order and not in a promiscuous manner to instigate the process of misinterpretation of women as a product and not as an individual. It’s unfortunate that a very small percentage misrepresents the fair gender as an object, by their misrepresentation to capitalise the basic instincts of half and unread and later rebuke the same act as a gross injustice. Agreed the human civilisation must display respect to the fair gender as a credential of their civility gathered by education but we cannot ignore that the education system has not been very involving and effective even in the best of developed countries when displays have been seductive either ways . Impractical vogue and expectations must not ignore the possible human behaviour by the rampant numbers of uneducated, half-read and misled.
5. The education must aim to deglamourise the picture of girls to a healthy picture where the excessive exposure in public is checked by law not only to safeguard them by checking the perception to a more defined form in public yes they must enjoy the freedom of having their way of expressing their assets in their privacy, this would certainly check the wild behaviour of foolishly promoted machoism by the misled process of learning by the male mind . The measure of the check must not be extreme yet healthy as practised earlier by peaceful society
6. The process of hyper-sexuality needs to be checked as well , for the wild race of maintaining figure has resulted to the fact of many females suffering depression of the competition posed by their compatriots and resulting to the disturbed perception of each other to the extent of animosity The belief in very orthodox practices set by the religion provides them excuse in name of extreme traditional practice that has subtly given relief to such tormented many. Hyper sexuality has also been a very disturbing element to many who believe that their success in materialism deserves the change to utilitarianism. The very thought has troubled many minds to depression and of course tremendous agony. 7. The process of legality to ensure reasonable security from the parents which are amiss in many societies needs legal stamping so that the adventurism is not initiated to survive healthily , as one does not get to experience the insecurity one experiences and thus initiated the indulgences in form of malpractices.
8.Rape and all extreme practices even Pedophilia are a result of high libido thanks to high stimulus promoted by the completely insane representation of practices and products sold on the internet in the name of porno to play with the basic need and wild imagination as an industry utilising the curiosity which the social taboo and many restricted cultures experience. The myths regarding masculinity and feminism has been so vastly promoted that often all silly behaviour owe their origin from satisfying libido in the extent which never exists.
9. Society must regulate its profession of prostitution legally so as to not create the huge gulf of demand and supply and check the upcoming rackets and hideous practices which automatically comes to life in such societies with big voids. Also, the profession which unfortunately occurs in ungoverned conditions often takes a negative and unhealthy form which has been noted by the health authorities to have been the cause of the high rate of spread of STD sexually transmitted disease particularly AIDS ( Acquired immune deficiency syndrome ).
10.The economical assurance needs to be equated in terms of individual efficacy and the social contribution as maternity leave to be well accommodated in pragmatic proportion by four parties, the lady executing the maternal responsibility, the national salute to the arriving citizen, the organisation's consideration and the father to be. Thus the organisations would get to share their presently experienced onus as a shared responsibility. It has been observed that often the organisation vary from recruiting the female candidates as they are legally forced to discharge this duty single-handedly and thus during the maternity the organisation is left to suffers loss of work which stands uncompensated. This occasion needs to be felicitated by the organisation and is sure , once the onus is shared or distributed rightly , then the recruitment of female staff would automatically experience an upsurge. The maternity leave should be well structured so as not to appear a liability. Presently it is not and is one of the major reasons why organisations prefer male staff and thus the so-called hegemony remains alive.
11.The harassment in the office needs to be well defined, well-monitored digitally and considered only when reported immediately as soon as convenient in terms of public place freedom, not ages later when equations go wrong or compliance is mutual for a benefit and later complained. Noteworthy is the fact that the “ ME TOO “ was a very delayed reaction giving the perpetrator enough time to victimise many if that is how it was perceived or was it opportunism disguised and later many denied to punish, as they agreed to withdraw for compensation in money. How unfortunate? Now, these precedences are very sad and extremely instigating to many who desire to be indulgent in their lubricious acts.
12.Of course gender determination before birth and particularly in orthodox society to prefer boys over girls due to false social belief is a disastrous social practice that needs to be curbed by awareness and strict laws. This is very important to be advocated and the people indulgent needs to be punished with life term and in case of the history of repeat then capital punishment can only discourage.
13.Reproductive rights need to be given to the female and this needs to be monitored by annual or six-monthly checks by lawful authorities then am sure we can influence the birth rate as suitable to the demographic needs of the region The so-called scientific process needs to be well imparted to them and they need to be facilitated with medicine or equipments to monitor the childbirth to insure the health of self and a healthy lifestyle of the family as economical ratio in a small family would assure a better living for sure.
14.As a long spectator and reader of social changes I see the radicalism expressed in terms of retaliation to male supremacy with strong emphasis on the display of their symbolic liberty by their iconoclastic expression is in opposition to positive feminism. This act not only breeds hatred but also instigates reactionary extremism which is unwanted and unwarranted. Unfortunately the psychological attribute of jealousy is endorsed as feminism and it is truly a wrong step for this seed of opium keeps multiplying and unfortunately it is observed - “ Woman tend to oppose woman.”
The wise remind the historical learning that..
“ Excess is Vicious .”
In the same term, extreme individualism and social unaccountability are spelling unhealthy impressions and reactions which threatens the society to extreme turbulence in near future and the blame game with negative feminism can only serve as an unfortunate repercussion and endless strife if wisdom is suppressed by extreme harangues of war cry of a rebellion.
Harmonious co-existence is the key but unfortunately in the wild spirit to erase the sad history of the past we must be averse from shouting “ Hail feminism “ but rightly select -
“ Constructive Feminism “.