“The stronger sex is stronger only
physically than the weaker sex but the weaker sex is the life force of the
stronger sex.”
Women swap
ideas, formulate policies and share power. Their entrepreneurial abilities, skills
and managerial competence are not only tolerated, as they once were, but, are
now also respected and their upon.
This is only
a start-up for the gender equation! More is to follow. Let us all join hands to
salute Woman Power. It is here to stay. We owe it to every single underpaid
daily wage earner who forms a chunk of the country’s labour force. We owe it to
all the towering women in the field of politics and power.
Some of the haloed
women who belonged to the Hall of Fame came from closer home, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and not to forget
our very own country. Not to forget the ‘Golda Meirs’ and ‘Thatchers’ of the
world.
Traditional
power equations among the men and women have, to put it mildly undergone a
volte-face. The Millennium Woman is no longer the proverbial ding-dong dangling
from the skin of her teeth, swayed by her man’s idiosyncrasies, whims and
fancies. The New Woman is doing her own thing.
Financial
and even emotional independence are natural corollaries. The Millennium Man is
still trying to cope with the dizzying change.
The
twentieth century was definitely harder on the male of the species. Having had
to abdicate from the throne of a sole provider, financially, the decision
maker, socially, the dominant partner, emotionally and sexually the demanding
partner – he has yet to adjust to the New Order.
It is no
longer newsworthy when a woman heads a corporate office or the buck stops at
her table.
For hors
d’oeuvres this should do – the party has only just begun!
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