FROM THE EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

this division, men and women have been assigned different fields of activity. All tasks are of equal importance, being neither superior nor inferior. This system of nature has functioned successfully in the world for thousands of years. With the emergence of western civilization in modern times, efforts were made for the first time to repudiate this system. In the name of gender equality, an intensive movement was launched. Male and female were declared to be identical and interchangeable in all respects. But the 200-year experiment showed that this self-styled equality could not be established in any part of the world. Many reports and surveys came out in the western press which describe the failure of the feminist movement. Following is a report concerning the U.S.A., the most developed part of the world. This report was published in the October 1993 issue of The Atlantic magazine under the caption: Feminism’s Identity Crisis, The most effective backlash against feminism comes from within. According to the report, polls suggest that a majority of women hesitate to associate themselves with the feminist movement, not wanting to identify themselves as feminists. The polls also adumbrate unarticulated ambivalence about feminist ideals, particularly concerning private life. Feminism is a non-issue, says Ellen Levine, the editor-in-chief of Redbook. "Women don’t think about it. They don’t talk about it. And they seem not to be particularly interested in politics. Feminism, however, is popularly deemed to represent the belief that men and women are equally capable of raising children and equally capable of waging war. Thus, feminism represents, in the popular view, a rejection of femininity." According to a survey by Redbook, feminism has made it harder for women to balance work and family life. Ellen Levine believes that wage-earning mothers still tend to feel guilty about not being with their children and to worry that “the more women get ahead professionally; the more children will fall back.” o Prof. Farida Khanam thecentreforpeace@gmail.com The system of the human world is divided into two departments of equal importance: one is represented by the ‘home’ and the other by the ‘office.’