The last Valentine’s Day witnessed a women’s movement that brought global attention on certain important problems of women. Women were discriminated against in the past in a variety of ways. While discrimination seems to be on the wane today, violence against women is apparently mounting. It is possible that the decrease in discrimination and the increase in violence are correlated. When women began to be more successful and more visible in the public, some of their male counterparts (who could not achieve proportionate success in life) reacted violently. As women continue to ascend the rungs of success, this problem is likely to be more accentuated. The problem, in this case, lies with the men; it is men who need treatment. But it’s not fair to put the entire blame on men alone. True, patriarchy has been the dominating system in most parts of the world and men created the rules for women. It is a man who drew the Lakshman rekha for Sita; it is a man who kidnapp
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