How often have we heard people say, "Kya Maa ne kuchh nahi sikhaya?"

When we raise our children with expectations based on their genders, we teach them that gender roles are the norm, and lay foundations of a gender-biased society. A biased society objectifies genders and promotes gender-based violence, especially against women. Is this how we want to raise our kids?
Here's a small example that is common in almost every Indian household which shows how we knowingly or unknowingly teach our children to be gender-biased. Share your views on the need to practise gender sensitivity at homes to tackle this issue, and visit http://bit.ly/women_safety for more information.

Alarm Bajne Se Pehle #JaagoRe

You'll find someone to play with downstairs.

Or people will say that your mother didn't teach you anything.


Speaker 0: Mummy, brother and I are going to play.

Speaker 1: No, not today. Why? You'll help me in the kitchen today.

Speaker 0: And mummy...

Speaker 1: No mummy, no mummy.

Speaker 0: What are you doing?

Speaker 1: Rana, you go. You'll find someone to play with downstairs. Or papa, you go with her.

Speaker 0: Can I go

Speaker 1: too? I didn't say that. Learn the housework, son. Or people will say that your mother didn't teach you anything. Girls should know all this.

I taught you. Girls should know all this.

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