Dear Smriti, My support in terms of fund and advocacy is assured. I do agree that sex education would solve some problem. I request Salini to respond. regards
----- Original Message ----- From: "smriti singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [AI] A Burning Issues(replies) >I agree with Tara Sir in most of the matters. But I do > not believe that without NGOS or without support of > state one movement cannot survive. For this also we > need support from our friends and masses who are > employed. They can invest little amount of fund for > this type of movements. Because they themselves belong > to this category so it is their duty to help within > category weaker section. Now I would like to remind it > is not necessary that woman should be only faminist. > Man can also talk about woman's rights. So I do not > believe any man from this group should be shut up, > with your cooperation we can empower our visually > challenged women. > One thing I would like to remind investing fund does > not mean you should go one NGO or you should give fund > to person like me. But it is necessary if any of us > could help with your earning one visually challenged > girl then they will feel empower and with such support > they also can raise their voice against that > particular institution and in the society and > whichever NGO or organization you are part of you > should raise your voice that they should make sex > education compulsory in that place. By this, visually > challenged girls would know from what they have to > protect themselves and how they have to protect > themselves. > With regard > > --- Taraprakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Let us try to answer some of them. >> >> 1. Can the sexual harassment of women in general and >> visually impaired women >> in particular be comprehended in isolation from the >> larger structural and >> cultural variations such as caste, class, gender, >> race, the state and other >> forms of social communities? >> >> answer. >> Not really. However, since the blind women is a very >> small minority in the >> vast multitude, with some issues not effecting their >> sighted counterparts, >> there has to be an independent consideration for >> this problem. >> Long back we have entered the age of smaller >> narratives, today there is not >> one grand truth, there are several small truths/ >> narratives. There is not >> one universal feminism there are several branches. >> The way western style >> feminism cannot and should not subsume the issues >> facing the women from >> east, the blind women in India can and should start >> a separate discourse. A >> feminist discourse not lead by the award seeking >> recognition hungry elite >> group but by the ones at the grass root level. >> >> 2. Should we reduce the gender discrimination within >> the visually impaired >> community to the existing dominant social attitude >> that considers man and >> woman as the two opposing categories? >> Answer. >> That is not possible. The two opposing categories >> are the victim and the >> predator (can even can be replaced with have's and >> have not's). In some >> cases, the exploitation of the women can even be >> happening under the >> supervision of women themselves. >> 3. While talking about various institutions for the >> visually impaired women >> it is absolutely essential to ask the question: What >> kind of institutions >> are available for women and who controls them? >> Answer. >> Who controls them is a bigger and more important >> question. If an >> organization is controlled by a pleasure seeking or >> money minded person, >> there are possibilities of ugly dealings. To >> actually find about the >> person/s who control them may be quite difficult >> sometimes. >> >> 4. Should the awareness campaign be confined only to >> the sensitization of >> women? Isn't it essential to realize the fact that >> it is men in general and >> visually impaired men in particular need to be told >> that women are not just >> the readily available sexual objects, rather they >> are also active human >> beings who deserve a meaningful and respectable >> human life with dignity? >> Answer. >> Both. However, more often it is the men who need to >> be sensitized. >> Complicity of some women in such shady stuff cannot >> be ruled out, however, >> the ultimate beneficiary is a male. >> >> 5. Shouldn't it be necessary to extend any such >> awareness campaign beyond a >> few handful of English speaking audience? >> >> Answer. >> It really is. That is where the limitation of the >> computer technology comes. >> It cannot be done by Access India, however, it can >> be done by Access >> Indians. >> >> 6. Can such awareness campaigns be materialized >> without the support of >> certain institutions like the state, advocacy >> groups, NGOs, and activist >> movements? >> Answer. >> I have made my views on this clear in an earlier >> mail. Without them you can >> have a report of academic interest, nothing more >> than that. >> Now a question from me. Can men be a voice for blind >> women? My answer is no. >> so I must shut up. >> Regards >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vetrivel Murugan Adhimoolam" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] A Burning Issues(replies) >> >> >> > Hi Smriti and others, >> > >> > I thought that Smriti's response in it's >> encapsulated form was >> > self-clarificatory in many ways. Although I have >> not expressed my views on >> > this so for, I have been paying close attention to >> the views of the list >> > on >> > this topic and being a male researcher specialized >> in Gender I have the >> > following views. I would like to list them in the >> form of some questions >> > so >> > as to make them thought provoking. >> > >> > 1. Can the sexual harassment of women in general >> and visually impaired >> > women >> > in particular be comprehended in isolation from >> the larger structural and >> > cultural variations such as caste, class, gender, >> race, the state and >> > other >> > forms of social communities? >> > >> > 2. Should we reduce the gender discrimination >> within the visually impaired >> > community to the existing dominant social attitude >> that considers man and >> > woman as the two opposing categories? >> > >> > 3. While talking about various institutions for >> the visually impaired >> > women >> > it is absolutely essential to ask the question: >> What kind of institutions >> > are available for women and who controls them? >> > >> > 4. Should the awareness campaign be confined only >> to the sensitization of >> > women? Isn't it essential to realize the fact that >> it is men in general >> > and >> > visually impaired men in particular need to be >> told that women are not >> > just >> > the readily available sexual objects, rather they >> are also active human >> > beings who deserve a meaningful and respectable >> human life with dignity? >> > >> > 5. Shouldn't it be necessary to extend any such >> awareness campaign beyond >> > a >> > few handful of English speaking audience? >> > >> > 6. Can such awareness campaigns be materialized >> without the support of >> > certain institutions like the state, advocacy >> groups, NGOs, and activist >> > movements? >> > >> > I think that we need to address these questions in >> order to put things in >> > perspective. >> > >> > Vetri. >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "smriti singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:24 AM >> > Subject: [AI] A Burning Issues(replies) >> > >> > >> >> Dear list members, >> >> >> >> I don't have regular access to internet, >> otherwise I >> >> would have participated fully in the discussion. >> >> Anyway, here are my quick comments on all the >> >> responses: >> >> >> >> To begin with, I feel that not much replies have >> come >> >> on the basic issue I raised. I am actually >> talking >> >> about institutions who keep visually challenged >> girls. >> >> Either they have schools for them, or they >> provide >> > === message truncated === > > > Smriti Singh > Programme: M. Phil (English Literature) > Room # 03 > Sabarmati Hostel > Jawaharlal Nehru University > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Have a burning question? > Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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