Ignored Voices: An Overview of the life of the Women with Disabilities in India.
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2022-12
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Journal of Women's Studies: University of North Bengal
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Mitra, Zinia
Dutta, Beethika Moni
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University of North Bengal
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Das, T. (2022). Ignored Voices: An Overview of the life of the Women with Disabilities in India. Journal of Women’s Studies: University of North Bengal, Xl, 46–61. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/5188
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It has been held from ancient times that men and women are not equal. Some
socially prescribed identities have been forced onto both genders. Based on
people's biological or physiological differences, performances, competence,
retention, and other capacities, society has developed some negative conceptions
and established some binaries such as normal/abnormal, able/disabled, fit/unfit,
etc. In order to oppress women, patriarchal society has created separate
standards for men and women. It views women as weak human beings who serve
as spouses, mothers, nurses, and sisters. In a culture that is governed by men,
women lack freedom and safety. Men have always held a higher standing than
women and are still are viewed as more significant than women.
There have been different waves of feminism with their own charter of demands
regarding women’s rights but there was no particular demand for women with
disabilities. It seems that women with disabilities have no purpose in this world
and are considered as useless in the society. Even at the very onset the women
who struggled for their rights and identities did not raise their voices for women
with disabilities. Harlan Hahn, a disability activist and political scientist has
observed that disabled women often encounter “asexual objectification”.
Though the world of words masculine and feminine are categorized but women
with disability have no category and have been deprived and treated as
untouchables. The paper discusses this lack of voice in favour of women with
disabilities that pushes them towards more uneasy world.
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46 - 61