Women’s Day

Children’s day might be a good idea. A day of awareness about the well being of children. To sensitise grownups segment of the society of its duty towards children. Such a day is the acknowledgment of the fact that children are dependent on grownups, an abnormal dependence, and grownups need to take quality care of them. Society is picking a day to highlight this biological responsibility, and to emphasise on the quality of discharging of this responsibility. Here patronising is essential part of the idea and natural to the whole process. Through inculcating a sense of patronising society ties its member to the duty towards children - strengthening a biological obligation with a frame of moral obligation.

But, are we celebrating women’s in day the same vein?  Is there an abnormal dependence of women which needs society (specially male segment of it) to patronise them! Well, looking at the condition of women in society like ours, in general, may be society need to patronise them. But, if that is so, then from the angle of gender equality, by being a part of this celebration women are acknowledging the weakness and being unequal. Because, those who are equal do not need patronising. This patronising tone of celebration of days like women’s day create a firm doubt that such days are nothing more than society’s guilty conscience’s feeble attempt at reducing its guilt by loud display of a notional concession.    

-Pulastya