Soaring above the Underestimation.
Blog post written by Nazia Tabasum A
Recently, I came across below image in a social media, and that triggered me to write this blog post.
I was able to relate to this much better as I faced the “female” tag while getting selected for a job. My friend and I both attended an interview, and the manager who hired us informed us that we two were the first women to be selected for their team.
Their justification? They never choose female employees for their project. The work involved managing networking equipment via online, and they judged that males could handle that pressure much better than females. I clearly felt this experience as an impact of a patriarchal society.
This comparison is not just there in the corporate world and other sectors, but often seen in most of the sports, especially in the cricket. And this can be reasoned mainly because of the dominant nature and popularity of that game.
While male cricket players are mentioned as ‘cricketers’, female 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 this being misinterpreted as 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 the 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 every 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.