Monday, December 15, 2014

Why world is going to be a better place for women in future?

The ability to recognize and feel emotions is one of the fundamental human qualities. I have no idea at what point in evolution people started undermining emotions. As a matter of fact, if you see MBTI- there are feminine traits and there are masculine traits. As a society, we have learnt to overvalue masculine traits and undervalue feminine traits-

  • Introversion (F) Vs Extroversion (M) - Extroversion is valued
  • Intuition (F) Vs Sensation (M) - Sensation is valued
  • Feeling (F) Vs Thinking (M) - Thinking is valued
  • Perception (F) Vs Judgment (M) - Judgment is valued


I am sure it must have served some purpose. But if anyone is observing a 180 degree change in the way human mind is adapting to its environment after computer science and new age thinking changed the way we perceive our world, it should not come as news that soon, demographics will change.

The New Age world will demand more-
·        Introversion
Intuition
Feeling
Perception

I do not make a claim that these qualities are present in women only, not at all. I say that these qualities are feminine in nature. A man can have feminine qualities and a woman can have masculine qualities. The world we are going to face in future will demand that both men and women possess the qualities in equal balance.

The need for men in war is decreasing (or should decrease) and the need for men in home is increasing. Similarly, today, a woman doesn't have to choose between staying with her kids vs. going out in the world to make a living. Any creative mind can think of thousands of ways to make the best of both the worlds. This change in scenario is going to change the way human beings have lived the lives till this point in evolution.

Look at it this way; say you are going to a school. Till last year, in your school kids who scored high in Maths were considered geniuses and kids who scored high in drawing were considered idiots. Now, M F Hussain becomes the principal of your school and he decides to score people on their drawing aptitude. Don’t you think that the dynamics of the school and the way people are graded will change? Of course, it will. Same thing is going to happen about the perception of women in future generations. For the first time in history of humanity, women will actually be respected as much as men. It’s because the world is coming to a point where feminine traits have finally gained respect.

I have a strong belief that in so-called Satyuga of India, this was the situation. Women had true respect in society. Not because, it was a Satyuga or something. But because the qualities that are more naturally present in women were highly respected in society. The feminine qualities had true respect in society.

2 comments:

  1. I am extremely curious on your assessment of MBTI priorities. Why do you think, Intuition is under valued in the society. The whole discovery of benzene, archimedes principle, and so many other discoveries are accidents which hit someone's intuitions.

    Also, with the new world of cyber space which adds a completely different dimension to our 3 dimensional world, I feel Judgement is more and more critical and is going to be more valued.

    From a high level of analysis between male and female qualities, the dominance of any quality would be disastrous and every-time the society get overwhelmed with one of these, the other one will need to take over and bring balance in the society.

    Thoughts ??

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    1. Hi Mrityunjay, I can't agree more. As a matter of fact, that is exactly what I am saying in this blog. The society has WRONGLY started valuing some qualities more than others and may be in medieval era of human history where muscles were more meaningful than mind, it might- I say might- have served some purpose. But in today's world what is needed is balance and that will bring about a change

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