{"id":272,"date":"2015-01-07T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T10:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T11:12:14","slug":"women-safety-is-not-women-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kapilgupta.in\/blog\/women-safety-is-not-women-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Safety is NOT Women Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reservations were necessary (absolutely necessary) for providing equitable treatment to people across the\u00a0 country. But they should have been removed (atleast refined) years back. Reservations are needed, anyday, to provide equal opportunity but they can&#8217;t really assure equal treatment by mere implication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before we gauge further, let me tell you this blog is NOT about reservations. It is about women empowerment but the quandary remains the same. Last couple of years have been majorly about women empowerment and all the conversations about it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>And I BEG TO DISAGREE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All we have done over these years is preaching and strengthening women safety, which should not be confused with women empowerment. It could be a necessary condition before you start working on women empowerment but it\u2019s not the same. In fact, <\/span><b>women safety and empowerment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> need to be seen as two separate yet complementary conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let me elaborate with some examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 292px;\" border=\"2\" width=\"552\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"432\"><b>Women Safety \/ Reservations<\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"432\"><b>Women Empowerment<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"432\">Separate compartment in metro and seats in buses<\/td>\n<td width=\"432\">Women should be allowed to drink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"432\">Ensuring women can travel around freely without safety concerns<\/td>\n<td width=\"432\">Women should be able to decide what to wear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"432\">Anti-rape &amp; women protection laws<\/td>\n<td width=\"432\">Women should get equal pay at work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"432\">Give leeway since she manages both home and work<\/td>\n<td width=\"432\">Women should get equal opportunities everywhere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Most feminists \/ activists seem to ignore this and it completely freaks me out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s take the Uber cab case as an example. My question to all the vocal activists is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you first heard about the case, did it strike you, by any chance, what if the girl had approached the guy &amp; made herself available? Possible, isn\u2019t it? Or is that too profane a thought against the chastity of women?\u00a0 I am not saying she actually did that as is quite evident from the details of the repeat offender, but my question still remains.<br \/>\n<strong>DID WE ASK THE QUESTION!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: This is my view of the world. Let\u2019s collaborate if you agree and let\u2019s discuss if you disagree. If you are disgusted, please discard this as spam. Promise, no offense shall be taken. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reservations were necessary (absolutely necessary) for providing equitable treatment to people across the\u00a0 country. But they should have been removed (atleast refined) years back. 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