This IWD lets do more than Tokenism

Since morning I have been reading many nice messages on IWD and truly cherish each of those messages, however it definitely triggered a reaction in me.? Is it all tokenism?

Do we really mean it?

May be we do, may be we don’t..still such messages and sentiments are important.? I also feel as a man, as someone who was nurtured by a mother who took care of all family responsibilities of a ailing husband and three kids for most part of her life, who has two elder sisters who built their lives on principles of family, honor and respect in the way they lived their lives, supported by my wife who stood by me when I was going through the most difficult part of my life and of course my two daughters who give me hope and confidence that in future women would lead us and drive mankind for better future.?

However, when I see around me single mothers who are working extra time to fetch a better financial future for their kids while earning well deserved respect in corporate jungle for themselves, I see women with young kids, who are capable beyond imagination to lead this world to a better space and our corporates to a better functioning unit but avoid taking those positions to be available for their families, I see women who are juggling multiple priorities as a wife, as daughter, as mother as a Leader and still prove at every step on the way that they are not getting this due to some bias of being a women but they truly deserve it.? It tells me that we have more to do, we have more to understand, we have more to deliver not to help women but to help ourselves to be better men.?

My learning in life has been that as MEN we can claim to do all tokenism but we really have it easy compared to WOMEN in this world, in the corporates, in our lives, so lets bow, lets respect and before we question someone as to why they need to take care of ailing kid while on work, or call their help to discuss dinner menu while in a meeting or take one more extra day to work from home as nanny is not available, introspect our actions.? While supporting any of above situations we are not being generous, we are not doing a favor to them we are doing a favor to ourselves as this will make us MEN better every day.?

Attached picture has women in my life who taught me how to live, how to respect, how to create a better world as they are in it.