When I leaf through print or digital mainstream, and the views/interviews of women & especially liberal/leftists in politics or cinema or journalism, who keep using the statement that ‘they individually are victims of being women,’; then I always check theirs’ past few decades as why they being complaining of being victims; but, somehow, many amongst them were/are well-pampered / well-settled / well-protected / well-liberated; yet, keep re-iterating statements alike of being victims of being women. Were/Are they truly?
Now, let me tell you another
example which is absolute opposite to what you’ve read herein in first para. My
sister, at the age of 22, simply walked out of her marriage, without even seeking any
alimony or maintenance. And I understood why she did that!
Liberalism comes in
different flavors. With respect to first para, the women (Liberal or Not)
who in their careers keep re-iterating -> ‘they’re at individual level victims’
(which they weren’t/aren’t) and portray(ed) themselves as if
representing the women community (which they weren’t/aren’t), because all
such women in the name of liberalism supported the veiled face or polygamy,
& maybe tomorrow, in the name of free will, would suggest jauhar or sati;
& eventually euthanasia, because, one’s life is one’s choice, so be
liberated.
And then, there were/are
Liberals alike my sister; when young, yet, took the stand considering what
ought to have been done at first place only, walking out of the marriage alone,
sans alimony or maintenance or anything! Also, now, the women in Iran,
who wants to unshackle their faces. The women in West too, who merely a
century back, wanted to vote or to write without using pseudonyms! The women in
Ukraine or Russia who’ve lost their countless husbands & brothers,
yet, being courageous enough to move forward whilst liberating
themselves from ordeals. And the list goes on.
What demonstrates true liberalism
that liberates? Para one & three, or, Para two & four!
If classical liberalism was
trader centric; modern or social liberalism had nothing to do with upliftment,
rather what they proffered in the name of liberalism is -> pseudo-marxism,
that’s inclined towards egoistic consequentialism, where social welfare buttress(ed)
nepotic privileges, further wherein political correctness with eg(g)alitarian archaic
perspectives amplified all in the name of social collectivism, being driven by members
of Cabal, yet, considered this as their, & only theirs’, altruistic approach!
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2023