Empowerment of Women

WOMEN IN HISTORY AND TODAY retort that there is more to solving the world’s problems than punching people in the nose. He would point out that the intellectual can best operate in his chosen sphere and that it is not physical brashness that counts in this life but the sharpening of the intellect. Imagine a reversal of the social structure, which entails a surgeon working in a butcher’s shop, a teacher selling vegetables, etc. In each case, the change of workplace and role would render the innate and acquired skills, knowledge, and moral excellence of these highly qualified and experienced professionals useless and irrelevant. Moreover, their competence and effectiveness would be eroded by the sense of frustration and discrimination engendered by unsuitable surroundings. Studies in biology and psychology have shown that the two genders are different in nature, each being designed for another purpose. They are endowed by nature with various capacities to play their respective roles in life with greater ease and effectiveness. Differences in biological function do not imply inequality. Differences are meant to make both genders play complementary roles and endure life’s challenges by supporting each other with the constructive capacities for which each is best suited. It should not be looked upon as a matter of superiority or inferiority. Looking at things from a proper perspective, these differences are blessings of God. What the world perceives as a problem of inequality when it comes to the oppression and degradation of women is