Sajid The Age Of Gender Stereotypes

When you see a woman maintaining a household, cooking, cleaning, and ready to bear children for her husband, you must think “that’s where a woman belongs”. When that same woman gives birth to sons, she is treated like a goddess whereas if they were daughters she would be beaten for disgracing the family. However, it is 2015 and you may think that communities and cultures are past the age of gender-defining roles in a household – think again. Men and women alike are being held to standards that shouldn’t exist anymore. Men are brought up to think that they are supposed to be the sole provider for his family and they shouldn’t express certain emotions in fear of being called gay or a wuss. Females must not show signs of intelligence because her …show more content…
Sajida, a woman of Pakistani heritage, was forced to marry her cousin who was 6 years older than her. Sajida was planning to pursue her education into nursing but that was ripped from her as her parents sent her to the United Kingdom to be married off. “If you don’t do it, you’ll bring shame on the family” is what her parents told her. For the next 13 years she fell victim to the domestic abuse her husband performed consistently on her because Sajida gave birth to, not one, but four daughters. The genders of their children upset the husband greatly sending him into rages, going as far as threatening his own children and almost fatally poisoning Sajida. Fortunately, she was able to gain enough confidence to report her husband. Sadly, this is the case for many young girls all around the globe. When the spouse’s family and himself do not see a woman capable of achieving great things but an object who pushes out babies until one turns out to be the right …show more content…
Especially in South Asian countries where the fight for gender equality is a slow but strong development. Currently, gender and religion are butting heads as the Travancore Devasom Board president ruled that no women shall enter the temples in Kerala unless India can invent a device that will allow the temple to detect menstruating women. This has sparked outrage among the women of India as one of the temples include the Sabarimala temple – the biggest annual pilgrimage site in the world. This sexist statement comes from some Hindu scripts mentioning that women who are currently menstruating are forbidden from performing holy acts in temples or even praying at home as they are considered impure. A Facebook page called “Happy to Bleed” was set up and thousands of people are posting and commenting their opinions – mostly angered females who take have taken offense to this sexist