Though the law gives women equal status in India, many people hold unscientific views on a woman’s innate nature

Question

Though the law gives women equal status in India, many people hold unscientific views on a woman’s innate nature, capacity and intelligence, and in practice give them a secondary status and role. Demolish this view using scientific arguments, and by quoting examples of great women in science and other spheres; and persuade yourself and others that, given equal opportunity, women are on par with men.


Solution

There is no difference in the ability of women and men as far as work, intelligence, decision making is concerned. Nature makes little difference in the anatomy and feeling of men and women. Prenatal and postnatal diet nutritional content contributes significantly to the development of a human body. If women and men are given equal opportunities, the female mind and body will be just as efficient as a man. The list of great women who have excelled in their respective fields is enormous. Names of Madam Curie, Indira Gandhi, Florence Nightingale, Margaret Thatcher, Mother Teresa, Sarojini Naidu, Kalpana Chawla, been taken from fields varying from sociology to science and they all very well-known for their contribution to the world.

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