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How to Get Rid of Taboos Related to
the Women?
By Namratha.A
No doubts that these misconceptions
are not followed in today's modern
world, but in some places rather the
‘villages’ these misconceptions are
followed even now! The tradition of
wearing ‘Burqas' in Muslim
community and thinking women as
impure during their menstruation give
us a vague idea of discriminating
women in terms of religion.
“IT IS GOOD TO SWIM IN
THE WATERS OF RELIGION
BUT TO SINK IN THEM IS
SUICIDE"
Both men and woman are created by Even now small girls are married to a
God like all the creatures on this man much older than her. Because
living world. But unlike of all the young girls who are married off are
creature’s man is ‘superior’ in terms of more likely to have children while still
intelligence, hardiness, endurance physically immature, they are at higher
and probably all other factors. But risks of dying from pregnancy and
despite this, at times we can see that child birth complications and their
humans act as if they were animals. babies have a reduced chance of
The best example for this is gender survival too. (According to WORLD
discrimination. Man, specifically HEALTH ORGANISATION).
denies of accepting that a woman is a When a young girl is married, she is
human. separated from her family and friends,
and she is transferred to her husband
“BEFORE BEING A WOMAN,
like a piece of property. In an
A WOMAN IS A HUMAN"
instance, she is expected to be a
woman who keeps house and raises
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