Gender
Discrimination in Bangladesh
Mabrur Atiqi, Mymensingh, 19 June:
In this age of modern science and technology gender discrimination is not
accepted at all. It creates hindrance on the path of development.
Unfortunately, the female children in Bangladesh are the worst victim of this
gender discrimination which begins at their birth. As a result, millions of girls, women and destitute old ladies
are to suffer in their whole life.
There
are some causes for which gender discrimination prevails in Bangladesh. The
desire to have male children by our parents is the main cause for this gender
discrimination. Social prejudices, customs, and our male-domination trend are
also responsible for this. Religious misinterpretation also contributes much to
this gender discrimination.
In
the existing socio-economic set up, most parents want to have male children so
that they can supplement their family income and help with the domestic chores
when they grow older. So, parents take more care in all respects for their male
children. If any parents have no son, they become frustrated thinking that they
have none to look after at their old age.
On
the other hand, there are many parents who consider female child as a burden to
them. Our male-dominated society makes the parents learn to think that girls are
born only to become the wife of a husband and the mother of some children. So,
female children are actually born in an unwelcome world and they are deprived
of the light of education, their social rights, and basic needs.
Such an outlook of the parents should be
changed. They should treat a boy and a girl equally. If they do not treat them
equally, the society will be deprived from the service of the half of the total
population. It will hinder the overall development of the country. If female
children are properly educated and equally treated, they can possibly do much
better than the male children.
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