India attained freedom on 15th August, 1947!

With that came the right to live, right to speech, and right to many other things for all.

But, are the women in our nation, practising those rights to their own will?

Are women, be it in an orthodox society or any modern household (apart from some exceptions) making a life as per their own will and wish?

Are they allowed to make the smallest of choices, when it comes to decisions as small as going out for a friends’ night out or just for a movie with the gang? Don’t they have to seek permissions?

Can they roam around on the streets feeling safe and secure without any fear of getting disgraced or raped?

Have women attained freedom at all?

With the cases of more and more women becoming victims of domestic violence, family atrocities, sexual violence and never ending rape coming to light, we women are far from anything which is spelled as FREEDOM.

I say, it’s a woman only who will have to speak for self and snatch that freedom, and this is how you do it:

Overcome The Taboos

The first and foremost thing is to overcome all the enforced restrictions and taboos, and live your life the way you want it… It is, after all, your life! You do not need to be a conformist or anything else, just be yourself. You do not have to seek validation from anyone. Learn to make your choices, if you know that they are not going to harm anybody in person or the society by and large, and they will just enhance your life.

Once you learn to overcome all of that, you can regenerate your life. And besides that, you will also start to care for your health and body even more, when you get rid of all the supposed shame, which these imposed boundaries and social taboos tend to inflict.

The good thing here is that besides health and other related issues, you will start doing things that make you feel happy and good about yourself, without any uncalled for embarrassment. Not just that, you will be able to use lots of things which you never had nerves for, or you felt uncomfortable about, and for what? Why to feel uncomfortable? For some silly social conventions? Please… sometimes they are just a pain in the… you know what!

Overcome The Taboos

Discover The Possibilities

Once you get rid of the social stigmas and are able to bring in the self confidence that you always needed, you will see that so many paths are open, and you can take them all. Health, profession, pleasure, it is all yours, so why not do the things you want, since they are for you. And just that you know,  YOU DESERVE IT. Happiness is a right and we all know it.

Discover The Possibilities

Teasing, Rape and Violence are Not Your Embarrassments

Ok agree, that a woman is biologically created to appear vulnerable and a soft target for many unsolicited actions, but that doesn’t, and should not, stop you from doing the right thing. If you find yourself in a life situation where you are disgraced, or besmirched, even by a family person or a friend, BRING IT TO LIGHT AND REPORT TO THE AUTHORITIES!  Because it is not your shame, it is and it MUST BE the shame for the one who inflicted it on you! Shout for your right if you have to, scream to ask for it, snatch it! But do not become a victim of pain, and embarrassments imposed by the society, that hold you back from doing the right thing.

Teasing, Rape and Violence are Not Your Embarrassments

You Create Life

To be a woman is a such a beautiful experience, when you know that it is only you who can create and facilitate natural human life on the planet. You ought to be treated with respect and honour. Most of the times it is our own fault, more than anybody else’s, that we succumb to the situation, for the soft demeanour that we have. We do not want trouble for family and that is how we become the sufferers. But then again, who created that family, who is nurturing the family? If that one single individual is not given a respectful life, a status in the society, the right to choose, and the right to fight for self, then no one deserves it more than her. If a woman is not happy, chances are, that she won’t be creating a happy and wholesome life for those around her.

You Create Life

A woman’s mental and physical health are the greatest benefactor for her family’s mental and physical health.

It is not a curse to be a woman. It is one blessing that everyone should ask for. Be thankful that you are a woman and give self the freedom that you deserve, IT IS  YOUR RIGHT TOO.

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Hey women!

How are you different? Why ask for a special treatment?

Well, come to think of it, we women have spent so long and worked so hard for equality in rights, in education, and at work, that it may actually be hard to talk about how we are different.

But, our mental and physical compositions make us different and so does our health in both the segments. Our anxieties, our traumas, our ailments, everything differs from that of a man. And that is where a differential treatment is the need.

The World Health Organization has been working on this, and knows a lot about what is going on with  a modern women. Illnesses of the mind, problems with thinking, feeling and living, are only identified by doctors, more than half the time, and not the woman herself. Three out of five women who have this kind of problem wait less than a year before seeing a doctor. This is true for most Indian women.

Identify and Acknowledge The Problem

But it is hard to find ways to get a woman to really believe that it is not possible to fix a problem until she admits that she has one.

Depression is twice as common in women as it is in men. It is actually on its way to becoming the second leading cause of inability to work for women around the globe.

Various kinds of nervousness and anxiety disorders are more prevalent in women! What is the remedy?

Identify and Acknowledge The Problem

Start The Remedy Step By Step

Saying NO TO THE DISABILITY is the first step.

And asking for treatment is the second. Yes, it is tough, but not impossible if you hit the right spot and approach the right remedy. There are medically specialized providers — psychiatrists, who can give medications, look at what is going on chemically, offering alternative treatments, too.

There are psychologists, counsellors, who do testing and psychotherapy — a specialized kind of talking that can help change people’s brain chemistry somewhat, too.

It’s just that women need to identify and need to stand up to their needs  without being so reluctant as they often are to tell a professional what is wrong, while completely ignoring self.

Start The Remedy Step By Step

Speak Up In Bold

Another aspect that needs light is that women are more often victims of violence than men. They need to discuss this with the professionals, if they are suffering, and sort out the issues in their lives. Saying NO TO  A DEMENTED LIFE has to be the call!

Sometimes women, wonder if there is a way to be protected against anxiety and depression. It seems that even today,  a lot of women have no control over what they do in life, and the ability to make some decisions for themselves — especially when they have to react to the challenging situations.

We know that support from family, friends and professionals who care,  is precious. Yet, a voice for self can do wonders.

Speak Up In Bold

The Change That Is Required 

The women’s movements of the 60s have become more mature now. In the 90s, we talked about the “empowerment” of women. Now we are looking at more possibilities for women to grow as whole people, to become independent and stronger than ever in history. 

The Change That Is Required

The only call that one has to take is to say yes to life and SAY NO TO BEING THE VICTIMS!

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