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?
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?
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i was reading ur comments one or two communities in orkut and then got a chance to peek in ur blogs , found u consistent in ur thoughts , also read that u r in publishing , so do u publish the same on the hard print .. i'm kinda on the same thought process as i have read urs ayways nice knowing u :)