Mistakes feminists commit

Mistakes feminists commit

Transformation is more a process than a desire to change. Many contemporary movements neglect the process to the very core and look for abrupt changes in the engrained cultural and religion values. Consequently they are regarded as rebellion against culture and religion and ,therefore,  recieve stiff resistance. Of such movements, feminism is one. Women enjoying privileged position, inherently freedom and bought /earned justice, seems too erratic in their behaviour to bring out the desired change in orthodox societies and this is a big mistake.

No society outrightly reject the rights to women and simultaneously, no society outrightly approve of drastic changes in the behavior of its women. Most societies assume that they are providing adequate rights which feminists assumed are not sufficient to bring women equal to men. In such contradictions, women are losing rights to men and are not finding any other right being added to their lives. Rather, men's harshness is increasingly growing against their rights. Instead of taking a reactive position by feminists, they should expect gradual transformation by achieving few rights initially and continue this process till women become parallel to men.

Another mistake feminists are committing is of provoking the ingrained sentiment of men, belong to orthodox school of thoughts. Their posters and placards displays that they are moving towards immodesty which is not much palatable to conservative minds and cultures. Feminists' defination of immodesty is totally obscuring what philosophers call "cultural relativism". Instead of provoking sentiments, they should find solution to women problems within given cultures in which they desire to bring the change.

Moreover, understanding the women's problem is very essential to achievement of women's rights. Feminists while avoiding assessment of women's needs, are trying to impose their own-created collection of problems which a woman from conservative culture finds herself unfamiliar with. Women in many underdeveloped country are facing problems of right to education, finance, and decision making. What feminists strive for is right to type of cloth they wear. If women recieve education and finance, they will probably be able think about their type of dress better.

Additionally, feminists, instead of mobilising people from depressed classes, look to mobilize women who are already independent economically and socially. For example, feminists in Pakistan really does not care about women in villages of interior sindh, Balochistan and previosily-named FATA. They muster people from Islamabad and Lahore where certain degree of freedom and right already exists. Therefore, their movement for rights of women is utterly failed to make any significant impact on oppressed women.

There are many  other problems of this nature that create hurdles for feminist to achieve their objectives. If feminists are really serious about welfare and well-being of women, they need to focus more on the problems women face instead of emphasising on things which are of no significance to ameliorate the status of women. They need to enhance their access to oppressed women and educate them about their conditions and aspirations women should strive to achieve. Otherwise, their efforts, even though it is appreciated by many people, continue to receive stiff resistance. Sometimes, depiction and display of many pictures and slogans results into women losing rights to men.