Caught between two worlds. Yes, the world is changing; people and relationships are changing. Women who were needed to be confined to the home kitchen in the last 50 yrs have started heading out to work and support their families not just from within but also outside. Women taking non-conventional roles outside homes, truck drivers, astronauts, and wrestlers; this came financial independence and better decision-making power inside and outside the home. Then women started breaking the glass ceiling, and in the last 5 yrs, we have seen more and more women taking up leadership roles. And in the next 10 yrs, women may find ways to propel and excel in this world which was once a man’s world.
What strikes me is what happened to women born in the transitioning worlds, where there was a little of this and more of that? How did the balance come in then? That time when you are struggling with a major work deadline, you must cook, clean, and take care of the child, which certainly is the priority. In this fast-changing world, are both genders evolving equally? Is there still a burden that one gender carries to develop the other. If yes, why do we call it still a burden? Isn’t it a responsibility that we need to shoulder for the greater good?
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