Education. Gender discrimination. Sound familiar?
Since history, ages ago, education has been a major contributing factor to gender discrimination. When I was young, I used to watch so many shows, hear so many things and whenever it came about certain aspects like sports or education, the term gender was always applied. Why is it that even now in the 21st century where women are being given more power, we have still not achieved gender equality.
Truth is, it’s about mindset. No matter how many women become leaders, they will always have to face discrimination just because they are females. And honestly, you can’t blame the biased people. Because that is what history has taught them.
Look at our history. It was common practice for the males to work while the women stayed at home and cooked and cleaned. Despite doing so many things for the house, for their families they were always oppressed. Why?
But just asking questions won’t get us anywhere.
Even now, these same things are happening. Women are still oppressed and discriminated much more than men. Why is that? Shouldn’t we learn something from the past?
I am sure many of you may have heard about the Taliban banning education for girls. And because of that, today, thousands of women have had their dreams crushed, their hopes for a better life destroyed.
I may not be experiencing what those women are but I want to speak for them. I want them to know that they are the strongest, most resilient people I know. And I salute them for being able to handle all of this even if they don’t deserve it.
Today, I want to speak for all those women out there who have spent their lives being oppressed by the males. Who have had their dreams crushed. Who have had their rights unrightfully taken away from them. Who have always been deemed weak because of their gender. Today, I want to speak for them all.
I am no politician but I do know that education is a human right. It is not and never should be a privilege. Both young and old, rich and poor, male, female and others, they should all be given the right to education.
Since ancient times we have always thought that education is a right for males and today I want to question that. Why?
Why is this notion still existing today?
Why is that women are still deemed as weak and less competent than males?
If a guy can study and work why can’t a girl do the same?
If a guy can earn money why can’t a girl do the same?
Why are people so afraid of giving women education?
Why are people so unwilling to give women the power of knowledge?
This power of knowledge and education, it does not belong to anyone. It is not entitled to anyone. Everyone deserves to study, to work, to be educated. Why do we have to bring the term gender into the topic of a basic human right?
My question goes to all of you males, how many times have you felt ashamed or humiliated just because a girl defeated you in something? Just because a girl was better at you than something?
Till now the mentality that women can’t do certain stuff like play video games or sports, it still exists when it should have been eradicated long ago.
Why is that women are always subjected to cooking and cleaning just because it is housework?
If a woman wants to study, let her.
If a woman wants to work, let her.
If a woman wants to earn money, let her.
And even if a woman does not want to do any of this, let her.
If we can give the power of making decisions to the males, then we damn well can give this power to the females.
To all those who think that females are weak, let me remind you that it was a woman who went through nine months of pain and then the torture of labour to push you out into this world. Women are capable of so many extraordinary things in life other than just managing the household so they should never be treated as less.
And this fear of females being better than males, it is ridiculous. We should compete against others not because of their gender but because of capability.
Stop feeling ashamed that a girl was better than you at something. Stop thinking that girls are just good for getting pregnant and taking care of the family.
Stop thinking that girls don’t deserve to be educated. You are no one to decide for them what they can or cannot do. If males are given the freedom of choice then why can’t females be given that freedom too?
To everyone out there, what is so wrong if a woman wants to be educated? Wants to have a job? Wants to play sports? Wants to game?
I think we are all forgetting that before male, female, girl, boy, young, old, we are humans first.
So start treating someone as another human not by their gender, race or nationality. None of these should affect the competency of an individual.
We are all humans first and we all deserve our basic rights, like education.
We are humans first.
