How women contribute to gender biasing

Gender biases have been deep rooted in our society. We tend to ‘put’ women in their place in society with phrases that are uttered consciously, or sometimes even unconsciously. More than usual, these phrases might be said by women to women they interact with. For example- we hear many mothers tell their daughters to ‘learn how to cook so they can find a good husband’ or ‘to not go out when it is dark.’ How can we function as a whole and accepting society that recognizes the need for equality between both its sexes when women themselves are not open to this idea?

In order to understand the role women play in gender biasing, we spoke to experts who could help us look into stereotypes that exist even today and why they are still unbroken. Amitabh Kumar, Head of Media and Communications for CSR and Namita Bhandare, a journalist from The Mint, who writes on gender and social issues, answered questions about the issue and how we can tackle it.

Here are some excerpts from the Twitter chat hosted on 29th August.

Understanding Gender Bias

Understanding Gender Bias

Women and Reservation

Women and Reservations

How do women need to change their views?

Women need to change?

Women have shown progress with increased participation in numerous fields, and such progress definitely helps tackle gender bias. However, we still have a long way to go to become wholly accepting of women as an equal sex - and this can be a reality only if women put in effort to treat each other and themselves as equals.

Women have shown progress with increased participation in numerous fields, and such progress definitely helps tackle gender bias. However, we still have a long way to go to become wholly accepting of women as an equal sex - and this can be a reality only if women put in effort to treat each other and themselves as equals.

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About the Author:

Amitabh Kumar has been working for Centre for Social Research, an organization dedicated to working for gender justice, for the past 8 years. He dons diverse roles such as gender sensitization trainer, project coordinator, fundraiser, counselor, and presently, he heads the media and communication department, working extensively on social media for social change. He has studied in Germany, and believes in using technology for sustainable development and awareness generation.

Namita Bhandare is a journalist, and gender editor at Mint and she writes and commissions stories, opinion pieces and series on gender issues in India. She has close to 25 years of reporting experience for various publications and she continues to write a fortnightly column on social issues for The Hindustan Times. In December 2012 following the brutal gang-rape of a young medical student that shocked India, Namita launched a campaign on the website Change.org called, Stop Rape Now. The campaign went viral and collected over 600,000 signatures, the largest ever to come out of India on Change.org.

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