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Educated, yet prejudiced

7 March 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Biddut Khoshnobish Tangail
7 March 2005, 18:00 PM
In an ordinary morning I was rushing to my college at Karotia. But unexpectedly I got a nasty feeling on the day. A tempo passenger, who was just behind me, uttered the word 'unholy'. Than I paid my heed and could understand his speech. It was about women. He was telling others not to vote for women as they are unholy (!).I could not stay silent and reminded him of his mother, wife and daughters. He became speechless.

The man was not a religious fellow and apparently was educated. Then, how did he get such a messy conception about women? There is not the shadow of a doubt in my mind that lack of proper education along with lack of respect for women are responsible for this. No one can deny women have been neglected and persecuted in our society. Certainly, demand of rights is not a sin. So we cannot stop or blame our women for being out of home and engaged in all sorts of constructive activities. What the men do unquestionably.

We have to be accountable to our conscience. I believe, no lame excuse should be allowed in this age of individualism. Everyone has to be liberal to reduce all discrepancies between men and women.

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