Strength TogetHER 13 - Session 3

 


July 10, 2021

The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s Patriarchy, and patriarchy isn’t men. In general term, patriarchy is a system of relationships, beliefs, and values embedded in political, social, and economic systems that structure gender inequality between men and women. As male centric society being a hot-button issue we wanted to talk about profundity on this point. 

We held a session to talk over this theme on 10 July, 2021. We named the session "A Time I Was Let Down By Patriarchy". The session was planned at around 5 pm with the honorable presence of Ms. Amina Shrestha was our moderator including 12 participants. 

Amina Shrestha is a single parent and an instructor. She finished her MBA from Kathmandu University and presently instructs at Uniglobe College. She has experienced different sex generalizing and consistently remained against it.

Our session began with a short presentation about Strength TogetHER by Prastuti Bhattarai. Then, at that point she invited Amina Shrestha. We had all 4 speakers. Moving along, our cohort coordinator began calling the speakers to share their encounters.

Our first speaker discussed how individuals consistently used to mindful her with regards to her facial hair. Maybe than being a valuable analysis, it used to feel like individuals tormenting her and recommending her to eliminate it. Her parents continued informing her regarding her food choices. Be that as it may, they were unconscious with regards to her PCOS issues and those facial hair were its result. The entire explanation about this experience is to feature how body hair is typical among guys yet a tremendous issue with females.

Our second speaker featured how ladies are against ladies. She discussed how cooking is considered as her obligation yet her brother is commended in any event, when he does the absolute minimum. She additionally discussed how her college principal acted with her sibling as he talked delicately with him. However she is dealt with similarly at home she fears to take off from her home as a result of the imbalance she needs to experience outside.

The other speaker discussed how she needed to encounter patriarchy outside her home. She clarified regarding how getting a bicycle's permit, tattoos, going out over and over again were viewed as boyish acts and she ought not be doing every one of these. This load of suppositions were from her family members and neighbor and luckily she has extremely supportive parents. She finished her discussion by saying how changes regularly start from home.

One more speaker discussed how men are likewise dealing with issues because of male controlled society. They are relied upon to be solid and act developed in the general public. Yet, it is alright for men to cry tears and become emotional. She discussed how individuals say that a daughter in law who would prefer not to live with her in-laws can search for vagrant grooms. Then, at that point she highlighted how young ladies need authorization for everything. She finished up by saying that both male and female are influenced similarly by male centric society.

Our last speaker hauled the circumstance to a cheerful future. She clarified that the present young ladies are future mothers and with time, the man controlled society will be crushed. The principle impetus to end male centric society will be education. She additionally discussed her being a single parent and the battles she went through. She is hopeful that the future will consider patriarchy as a historical thing and might be present only in books for people to read.

After hearing the experiences of all the speakers, our moderator said people ought to be dealt with similarly. She additionally shared an encounter of how a daughter completed the death rituals of her dad which is viewed as a son’s obligation. This shows how change starts with us. In the event that we work on our posterity, we can clearly crush man centric society.

It was a pleasure to be a part of this session. We were both shattered and hopeful about our future and patriarchy. It was equally honorable to have Ms. Amina Shrestha as our moderator for this insightful session.

-Pragya Thakuri Shah  

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