March 8! Yes, it is that time of the year yet again. Do I sound a little cynical? Well, I know and I do not know. It is the best of the times and it is the worst of the times to quote Dickens. What do I mean by such confusing confounding statements? Well, since yesterday afternoon, I have been getting on women's groups, too, messages either of fulsome flattery, praising women to skies or of the 'twenty percent reduction for a facial' variety. Am I confused!
In my personal opinion, if there is any genuine need for observing the day, it IS now. Why? Well, look at the speed and the access of the technology. Any fool can use his mobile to take/edit a pic, to edit conveniently what you said/did not say! A drone camera, easily available/accessible can tamper privacy like anything.
Much worse, technology such as the A. I. is sure to have a negative impact on the job market. The effect would most adversely be felt by women. Sure new jobs would come up. The skill sets for these are not easy though.
Still worse would be the case of the huge number of aging women. Circa the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first, I presented a paper in the JNU about the depiction of aging women in the media and how it affects the societal prejudices. The situation is much worse now, especially because the percentage of the senior citizens is exponentially growing, while support systems are diminishing.
In such a scenario, Gen Z, Y, X, Alpha, or whatever, has a space that, too, is shrinking on multiple levels. May be, to overcome such malaise, are there the rosy tints of free facials?
No, no, I do not have any major complaints against the government. Yes, there are many a welfare measures being conscientiously taken. Yet the very numbers are staggering, right? Unfortunately, moreover, neither the young nor the society in general seem to mind the consumerist/capitalist dumbing down of the day in to a silly celebration either of the 'reduction in hair/facial treatment' or of the usual plethora of the same speeches on the same themes the same way!
I am a born optimist though. I am sure, solid solutions would emerge, and, of course, in my own small but genuine way, I shall bear the birthing pains!
Pratima@ Nobody can stop the evolution of an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo would sure forgive me the changes I made to his great quote.
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