Recently in the news we have seen a lot of rape news. This has left a bad image for women in India that are especially in the workforce. As people saw that women were getting too much freedom they started associating it with rape. As woman were going out more on their, the amount of rape. However they are not bringing light to it instead they are putting women down for being out on their own, wearing vulgar clothes or trying to be independent which causes her to get raped. This should under no circumstance be a reason for rape. It was like the media just needed to justify the rape and they blamed it on the women. Women should feel safe enough to go to work on their own and become something. Instead what the media did was engrave once again
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However when a women goes out to the workforce and starts making her own income, it is hard for the husband to deal with. Also when women did end up going out in the workforce you saw her go into the beauty line as they were not educated enough to do other jobs. We read about the lady how she wanted to become independent but in return she just got bruises and hurt for wanting what she wants; she defined herself as an “old-fashioned housewife - sari-clad, head covered with a ghunghat.”(147) She took the next step and went to women's shelter then later decided to file for divorce. She did not even have the support of her own maiden family as they thought she was deserting her husband and she had shamed them in society. The story continues on how this woman got her independence by becoming a photographer and living her dreams. Again we read the criticism of a family and society stops the women from working more so than the policies since she got help from the women’s shelter to spread her wings and not be another typical indian woman. Leading from this we saw in Brines readings saying “both dual-earner husbands and wives tend to regard the wife’s employment as an activity aligned with the family’s interest, rather than with her self-interest in career or personal development”(pg.882) It goes on to talk about the “primary provider” (882) in other words the breadwinner. This position could only be occupied by the man of the house, women were seen as care takers not providers of the
However when a women goes out to the workforce and starts making her own income, it is hard for the husband to deal with. Also when women did end up going out in the workforce you saw her go into the beauty line as they were not educated enough to do other jobs. We read about the lady how she wanted to become independent but in return she just got bruises and hurt for wanting what she wants; she defined herself as an “old-fashioned housewife - sari-clad, head covered with a ghunghat.”(147) She took the next step and went to women's shelter then later decided to file for divorce. She did not even have the support of her own maiden family as they thought she was deserting her husband and she had shamed them in society. The story continues on how this woman got her independence by becoming a photographer and living her dreams. Again we read the criticism of a family and society stops the women from working more so than the policies since she got help from the women’s shelter to spread her wings and not be another typical indian woman. Leading from this we saw in Brines readings saying “both dual-earner husbands and wives tend to regard the wife’s employment as an activity aligned with the family’s interest, rather than with her self-interest in career or personal development”(pg.882) It goes on to talk about the “primary provider” (882) in other words the breadwinner. This position could only be occupied by the man of the house, women were seen as care takers not providers of the