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Bangalore High Court Judge made a sweeping statement recently when he
said that women's empowerment was spoiling society. We spoke to women movers and shakers from the city for their views.
In a recent hearing of a marital dispute, Justice Manjunath made a broadly generalized, but disturbing statement when he said that society is being spoilt because of women's empowerment. While the vox populi raised a cry of disagreement, we caught up with some of the city's prominent women for their views on the issue. "This is absolute nonsense," exclaims danseuse Vani Ganapathy, "Are you telling me there were no divorces and bad marriages earlier? During those days, women were suppressed and went through the most disastrous marriages quietly. Thanks to empowerment, women are now able to express their feelings more openly. Women are amazing in the kitchen, they always have been; but with empowerment, they are no more relegated to just that. People have come to realize that women are great time managers and business managers too. I'm sure that men are feeling threatened by the equal stature being offered to women, and the judge, I'm sure, was a man." According to young professionals, it is an era of equal opportunities for men and women and people have to learn to keep up with the times. "The judge cannot make a broad generalization like this," says model Apoorva Vishwanathan. "I don't think the urban Indian woman benefits from or needs empowerment anymore. That may have been the case in the time of our grandparents, when women were expected to be homemakers and even the ambitious women couldn't do much. But today, it's a completely different scenario and there are equal options for both men and women," she adds.
In a recent hearing of a marital dispute, Justice Manjunath made a broadly generalized, but disturbing statement when he said that society is being spoilt because of women's empowerment. While the vox populi raised a cry of disagreement, we caught up with some of the city's prominent women for their views on the issue. "This is absolute nonsense," exclaims danseuse Vani Ganapathy, "Are you telling me there were no divorces and bad marriages earlier? During those days, women were suppressed and went through the most disastrous marriages quietly. Thanks to empowerment, women are now able to express their feelings more openly. Women are amazing in the kitchen, they always have been; but with empowerment, they are no more relegated to just that. People have come to realize that women are great time managers and business managers too. I'm sure that men are feeling threatened by the equal stature being offered to women, and the judge, I'm sure, was a man." According to young professionals, it is an era of equal opportunities for men and women and people have to learn to keep up with the times. "The judge cannot make a broad generalization like this," says model Apoorva Vishwanathan. "I don't think the urban Indian woman benefits from or needs empowerment anymore. That may have been the case in the time of our grandparents, when women were expected to be homemakers and even the ambitious women couldn't do much. But today, it's a completely different scenario and there are equal options for both men and women," she adds.
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