It is generally accepted that the Indian youth is much more modern and progressive in their outlook towards various issues such as gender biases, civic awareness, rights of others etc. But the following study reveals that it is not the case, the youth is quite regressive in their attitudes. Indeed a disturbing and worrying cause for a country whose major population is the young.
http://www.indiaspend.com/cover-story/44-college-students-women-must-accept-violence-31627
Basing our opinion or judgement on results of a survey could be a preety dicey affair.More so when it involves the most dynamic and volatile section of our nation. It is not about the size of samples rather the representativeness of its subject that makes its reliability and acceptability quotient higher. Without going into such farfetched aspects of patriotism or pessimism and optimism bits, let us deal with issues which the Indian youth are confronted with. It is unmistakably clear that the cataclysmic changes that the past few decades
have wrought in have greatly influenced their behavior significantly and they are in the midst of a grim struggle and challenge to relate themselves to these. Uncritical criticism would do as much harm as smug adulation that nothing is happening really as if only nit-pickers and fault-finders are out to make much ado about nothing!!!!
In the past 3-4 decades we have seen an enormous change in lifestyles and also priorities of our youth.Most of them want to better themselves and also would like to follow western values to a certain extent.There is nothing wrong in that except that their basic attitudes have remained more or less the same - this because of the home atmosphere and the pressures of the society.Most of them do not think that women are equal to them nor do they need to be respected.It is only a small percentage that has mentally evolved to a level where they are able to treat women at par and do not feel threatedned when they come across educated ,confident and evolved women...
The treatment of women in the society itself is in a horrible condition. I am yet to come across with a single young man who come forward and fight for the woman's plight in the society. Rather, it's the youth who are the main culprits in the rape cases. Expecting something from the youth in the present scenario is mere greediness.
We need to change our mentality and not ban documentary film. Moreover, double standard on so called 'honor' of rape victim also needs be removed. Strangely, a man boasts of his sexual relation with other women whereas a woman is considered having lost her honor even if she is raped. If man does not lose honor, how does a woman. This is what harms women more than physical rape.
MG Singh wrote:We should not go totally by surveys. all the surveys were proved wrong in the Delhi election, but I agree there is a fringe in India that has a warped thinking. What can be done about them ?
We are not merely going by surveys alone. And the fringe you speak about is quite large in numbers which is what makes it more worrisome. I have had the opportunity to work constantly for more 10 years with the young people between the ages of 22 to 30 years, consisting of graduates of various degrees including engineering and architecture amongst others. The way these people think is way too worrisome and disturbing. Of course not all think like that, but proportionate to the population in India, their numbers are too too little.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:MG Singh wrote:We should not go totally by surveys. all the surveys were proved wrong in the Delhi election, but I agree there is a fringe in India that has a warped thinking. What can be done about them ?
We are not merely going by surveys alone. And the fringe you speak about is quite large in numbers which is what makes it more worrisome. I have had the opportunity to work constantly for more 10 years with the young people between the ages of 22 to 30 years, consisting of graduates of various degrees including engineering and architecture amongst others. The way these people think is way too worrisome and disturbing. Of course not all think like that, but proportionate to the population in India, their numbers are too too little.
Exactly my thoughts since I too am constantly interacting with teenagers and find most of these peoples thought stuck in the 19th century where women and their status is concerned. we need a massive attitude change that becomes the responsibility of both parents and teachers...And last but not least reformed laws that give emancipation and equal rights to women will definitely help in changing this mind set at least to some extent !
@kalyani