Gender

Gender


Gender

Where does the word Gender stand these days? What does it mean, and how important is it in our society?

Men need women, and so do women. You can never imagine how great full I am to my mother for bringing me to this world; on the other hand, I could never forget that my father was also part of it. I was brought up in a house where my mother stood next to me, took care of me, fed me, and loved me. Sometimes, she used to spend her entire day in the kitchen cooking one of her children’s or husband’s favorite dishes. As for the rest of the day, she would spend it looking after me, teaching me right from wrong, and protecting me from any stupid action that I could have committed. As for my father, I can’t tell you much about him because I rarely saw him. He used to leave to work early in the morning, even before I woke up, and by the time he came back, it was already dark. He committed his life to his work; Moreover, he would spend months traveling around Europe for business conferences and only show up on events. He was the family’s guardian, the one to be responsible for every action that takes place at home, and his word was the final one. It was just like a kingdom of Murads (my surname) and my father was the one sharing the thrown with him self.

That was the kind of home I grew up in. The woman was committed to her home and children, where as the man was carried away by the outside world, fighting...

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