this may also give us some better insight suklaji> "This mainstream portrayal of “lower class” men and women does not go well with facts. Currently, the SC/ST reserved seats have a much higher women composition when compared to the “general” seats in Lok Sabha. Of the total of 59 woman MPs, 17 are from SC/ST reserved seats. It means that out of the 121 SC/ST reserved seats, we have 17 women MPs (14.05%) whereas in general seats, this is 42 out of 422 (9.95%).
So one suspects that the media euphoria over the women’s bill is a mask that hides their casteist self, as they vehemently trash anyone who talks about the need for a more inclusive approach in the proposed amendment to the constitution. The branding of anything spoken against the bill in its current form as “anti-woman” seems to be only reflecting this same casteist consciousness. Because they have always been (and still are) against reservations and talk about “pure merit” if there is any talk about caste based reservations, they are opposed to identity politics, but when it comes to women, they do not talk “pure merit” any longer, and the identity assertion becomes positive all of a sudden." READ MORE>> http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=1237#more-1237 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
