Gender discrimination - a reply
Shayera Moula, Dept. Of English and Humanities BRAC University
Rehela Yasmin (July 28) has very unswervingly and clearly pointed out one of the main issues that has held back the economic growth of the country - gender discrimination. With all due respect to her, however, I would like to add one point, which the writer has not put so much emphasis on. Though it is important to educate the girls in Bangladesh, we should also remember how important it is to educate the men about empowering women. Logically, men are pursuing more in academic matters yet they are not made aware of the rights of women. If we teach boys from an earlier age about human rights, about giving freedom to their sisters then they will grow up with that mentality and show an equal amount of respect to other female students, colleagues and their own wives. That way, both the genders will understand each other's s importance and together can battle for human rights. We must not overlook the built-in problems.
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