wife not equal to husband?
I have noticed it time and again. Every form in this country requires the applicant to fill in certain identification details... here is how one of the options goes — Name of father/mother/husband______________ (??) Can someone tell me the logic behind this? To me, as a woman, this is highly insulting. It is nothing short of being very offensive. The third option could easily be spouse , but NO! The woman afterall has no identity of her own. Parents, I agree, are our identity givers, but in the context of a married individual, how can a husband give his wife an identity when the contrary is not applicable? The sex-based segregation goes much deeper than we can imagine. These little things, that we very easily overlook, is what serves the purpose of deepening the rift. A definite change needs to be worked out, but how....and when? Or in the Indian context, is the wife not equal to the husband?