The Pressure of Unrealistic Expectations
This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-59, Jul-Aug 1990)
“Atrocities on women are increasing. Does it not show that women’s organisations have failed in their task?” The implicaiion of this oft- asked question is that since women’s organisations have singlehanded taken on the responsibility of eradicating violence and injustice against women therefore, the continuation of this violence shows the ineffectiveness and futility of women’s organisations. Often, the question is related to a specific case of violence reported in the press: “So and so woman has been killed or battered or raped. What are women’s organisations doing about it?”…