Soaring above the Underestimation.

Blog post written by Nazia Tabasum A

Recently, I came across this image in a social media which caught my attention, and that triggered me to write this blog post.

I can relate to this very easily when hearing the same “female” tag while getting selected for a project at the workplace. My friend and I, attended an interview, and the manager who hired us informed that they never choose female candidates for their team and we were the first two who were selected for that role.

Their justification? The work involved managing networking equipment via online, and they judged that males could handle the work pressure much better than females.

This comparison is not just there in the corporate world and other sectors, but often seen in most sports, especially in cricket. And this can be reasoned mainly because of the dominant nature and popularity.

While male cricket players are mentioned as ‘cricketers‘, women players are denoted as ‘women cricketers‘. Although this distinction gives visibility to women, because of not using gender-neutralized terms, there may be chances of getting this misinterpreted as being biased.

Imparity and underestimation, these two can weaken the confidence of women and, despite being capable and eligible, they might lose the opportunities they truly deserve.

Again, this is nothing to do with feminism, because there is a general misconception that the feminists fight for equality.

But in practical life, there is an ardent need for equity, which means that no matter what the gender is, fair and equal opportunities should be given according to the individual’s ability.

Through the equity concept, being biased can be widely avoided. This will definitely help women to thrive successfully and excel in all the areas without any partialities.

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