‘There should be gender equality’ —a familiar line uttered repeatedly by many self-claimed modern era intellectuals. But when I ask what they mean by ‘gender equality’, interestingly everyone has a different narrative, each with a somewhat ambiguous logic. ‘Women should get equal opportunities with men’, appears to be a general idea, although no one seems to be able to define what they say. Let me give some examples below.
‘Ladies First’- counter logic, if there is equality, why should one be privileged over the other?
Women’s Reservation- doesn’t reservation make one a privileged class. How is the call for equality justified then?
Let me be a bit of a devil’s advocate in a broad sense. Gender equality means there shouldn’t be any discrimination among genders. Right? Then, should both men and women use the same washroom?
I beg apology for expressing these ridiculous ideas and logic. But then my point is different and I define ‘gender equality’ in a different way. I think many of you might agree with it. But before that, let me say that man and woman can’t be equal. Why?
