OP-ED: How did we come to normalize the oppression of women?

A brief history of patriarchal structures

There is hardly a day when I open daily newspapers and don’t come across news items about rape, domestic violence against women, torture for dowry, etc. Often, I wonder, has it always been this way? Or have we normalized the most abnormal things.

The subject of gender equality and women’s rights comes up in any discussion about different social problems that we face. I don’t think it will be an exaggeration to say that the never-ending relevance of women’s rights issues in an illusory or truly developed world is a matter of shame for our apparent development. No matter if it is the so-called First or Third World.