Baby Steps To Brighter Tomorrow
A very small incident made me think about how we unknowingly start building a gender bias society from the adolescence ,it not always about changing the mind sets and getting a gender neutral society after women join workforce it goes back a very long way and needs to be addressed when we bring up our next generation . Some days back I took leave from work for my nieces orientation and told her I am going to be with you for the next 2 days of orientation , surprised she asked “have to told your boss ?’ I said I m the boss …..and her expressions were quizzical ... ”How can you be the boss ? You don’t have a boy boss??? she again asked .I again reiterated that I am the boss to which she innocently said ‘ but you cant scream at your team like a boy ,how can you be the boss ???..... This very small yet very relevant conversation makes me think the very basic of how we bring up our daughters v/s our sons .The way a girl is brought up believing it is all about fairi...