Two days ago, I was watching a video of a talk by a psuedo scholar who was talking about so-called "importance of gender roles in the social construct". Although he was trying to sound very liberal and was trying to sound pro-gender equality, but deep hidden in the lines I could read hints of a well-ingrained patriarchy. One of the things he mentioned was that the female gender has "evolved" over time on the basis of changes in the society and that they are now venturing over and above their "natural roles" in the traditional construct of the society. He also said that women were "naturally submissive" and thereby were never able to carve their place in the society. And although he went on to comment on how over time women are breaking their shackles etc., my own mind was totally put-off with this comment and I didn't even listen through till the end.
If women were naturally submissive i.e. submission came naturally to women, there wouldn't be thousands of sermons reminding women to submit (name a religion / culture / section of society and you will find such sermons). There wouldn't be sermons and literature glorifying women who are submissive and sacrificing. It would not have been required if it would come naturally to women. These are reminders which exist because indoctrination depends on constant reinforcement to keep harmful ideologies alive. Nothing which is natural needs reminders and reinforcement to run its course.
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