Developmental Feminist, Women Empowerment Culturist, Social and Legal Activist, Literary Genius and Reformer Mayaa SH in this article speaks about Feminine Sensibilities, Suicide Prevention and Women Empowerment.
Feminine sensibility is a concept that emerged in the Enlightenment Era and continued to be defined in the Romantic Period. It describes the level to which women are affected by the world around them. It is the pursuit of women’s rights within the society of India. Feminism does not particularly talk of equality and rights of a woman but it is more about compassion, respect and understanding from the male counterparts. Feminist theory that has become prominent in feminist thinking. The norms entrenched in society that has led to gender inequality. Post- Independence feminists seek to accomplish this goal through rejecting essentialism, philosophy, and universal truths in favour of embracing the differences that exist amongst women. Post-Independence Feminism has resulted in some of the most ground breaking research in the last twenty years. Postfeminist sensibility is a noncoherent set of ideas about femininity, embodiment, and empowerment circulating across a range of media. Ideas that inform women’s sense of self, making postfeminist sensibility an important object for psychological study. Contemporary patterns of sense-making on gender, making the case for continuing research on postfeminist sensibility in the areas of digital cultures, a transformative imperative that includes the mind as well as the body, transnational postfeminism is imperative.
Attempting suicide is a serious problem that requires mental health interventions. Factors that impact stress related to mental health include childhood adversities such as sexual/physical abuse, alcohol or drug abuse, stressful life events. Death of a loved one, loss of a job or relationship, financial bankruptcy, impending criminal prosecution, and being diagnosed with, or recently diagnosed with, a terminal illness can also leave behind a deep scar on one’s mind. Essentially, people who attempt suicide require help in connection with high psychiatric or psychological morbidity. Philosophical dilemmas involving a person’s right to life and death have been debated, inconclusively, in many disciplines with different viewpoints and approaches. Many are ostracised by the societal doctrine of “being weak” and fear being either shamed or eliminated from participation in social activities. If we do not have preventive measures in effective highlights of reformative approaches in place, there is a risk of losing a human life. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. Violence against women is preventable. The health sector has an important role to play to provide comprehensive health care to women subjected to violence, and as an entry point for referring women to other support services they may need.
Women’s empowerment is essential for achieving social justice. Women and girls are often subject to discrimination, violence, and other forms of oppression simply because of their gender. Empowering women helps to create a more just and equitable society for everyone. Empowering women is essential to the health and social development of families, communities and countries. When women are living safe, fulfilled and productive lives, they can reach their full potential contributing their skills to the workforce and can raise happier and healthier children. Many women have reiterated and expressed before me, that a ‘woman’ is not an object of delight. ‘Woman’ is not a perfect notion of a ‘good wife’ in a man’s head. Besides, an emphasis or any of the other sexist ideas now somehow touted as progressive is not fair to be called ‘gender neutral’. Moreover, the ‘diversity inclusive causes’ that calls female people ‘menstruators’ and ‘people with vulvas’ strikes many women as dehumanising and demeaning. Those who’ve had degrading slurs spat at many by violent people, it’s not neutral, it’s hostile and alienating.
My interest in women-related issues is pre-dated by a matter of a girl almost a year and a half ago, during which I followed the debate around the concept of gender neutrality closely. I’ve interacted with trans people, and read sundry books, blogs and articles by trans people, gender specialists, psychologists, safeguarding experts, social workers and doctors, and followed the discourse online and in traditional media. On one level, my interest in this issue has been professional, because I feel I can understand the emotions that many people bear in their mind latently of non being able to communicate freely. This is due to being judged harshly and eliminated and humiliated by many in the society. All this is truly presented and set in the present day, and my contemporary female detective is of an age to be interested in, and affected by, when we lose a human life, but on another, it’s intensely personal, as I have seen the negative impact on many as social and economic impacts have increased the exposure of women to abusive partners and known risk factors while limiting their access to services. Situations of humanitarian crises and displacement may exacerbate existing violence, such as by intimate partners, as well as non-partner sexual violence, and may also lead to new forms of violence against women.
All one can ask and wish is for similar empathy, similar understanding, to be extended to the many millions of women whose sole crime is wanting their concerns to be heard without receiving threats and abuse. People may not be judged harshly on any stress they are trying to cope with both mentally and physically. Life is long and there is so much to celebrate about. Community norms that privilege or ascribe higher status to men and lower status to women; low levels of women’s access to paid employment; and low level of gender equality (discriminatory laws, etc.) can all contribute to fatal outcomes like homicide or suicide.
We should live a life that is useful to others. A person should give up his or her selfishness and live for others. One should have kindness, compassion and benevolence, not pride. If we live for others then even our death can become a good depart and if we can touch lives, there is nothing bigger than that.
About Mayaa SH
Mayaa SH is a known name in contemporary literature. She is a multi-national and state award winner, a thirteen-time world record holder, an artist, a podcaster, and a chart-topping international fastest anthology co-authoress. Mayaa SH is an Indian authoress, writer, thinker, essayist, and women’s empowerment culturist. Her contemporary prose work has highlighted and broken so many stereotypes about women and their power of self-belief.
Mayaa SH holds the distinction of being the most celebrated and most anthologized of Indian Contemporary women authoresses. A versatile genius an authoress, an essayist,a powerful feminist writer, a columnist and a podcaster she has been a favourite with her readers and critics alike. She is known for her bold expression of social behaviour which otherwise is labelled as taboo. Mayaa SH is a legendary woman poetess who epitomizes the modernization of the Indian feminine poetic psyche. She talks about women who have passed through a period of frustration, depression, gloom, depression, pain, suffering, rootlessness, agony and torture. Her writings are a very strong expression of feminine sensibility. It is to be looked as celebration of beauty and courage of being a woman. She is every woman expressing all that comes with the territory of being a woman the strong wants as a woman, the beauty of an assertive mind, the dependence on man for the happiness, the concern with physical decay, the identity crisis, the unwilling acceptance of allotted roles and lamentations against the insensitive male dominated society. There is a unparalleled example of feminine-cum- feminist sensibility. In her writings, one finds on expression of a strong understanding that women need to be listened to first and a woman is not by objectified or treated as a toy to play with. Woman figures in her writings are not just like a skeleton of flesh and bones. Mayaa SH has not only portrayed the flux of mind and thoughts of a woman but also efficaciously projected the wages, dreams and desires of Indian Woman. Mayaa SH’s writings are equipped with female experience of emotional shock of anything, humiliation of desire less surrender in non consensual intimacy and her deep concern over the rhetoric prevalence of the male domination. Mayaa depicts the entire class of women in Indian society. She herself expresses it when she affirms: “I am the Voice of Every Woman in this Country who seeks to be Listened to with no Judgements and Prejudices”. Mayaa SH is a feminist crusader who has understood the deep seated roots that are set against the patriarchal forces imposing stereo typed role on women Dress in saris, be girl, a rebel against the males inadequacy to provide a meaningful and fulfilling relationship nothing more alive than skins hung on hangers to be looked at. Mayaa SH has also asserted to show her concerns through her powerful writings on few against the dominating attitude of stereotypical men. Mayaa SH’s writings also accentuate womens psyche of rebellion against male supremacy and ego when she identifies her assertion for freedom in the mind first or an unfulfilled longing. She has commented love and lust in radical voices. Mayaa has remarked that sometimes a woman feels that mere ardor is a mere waste and there is a desire to free herself from this soul killing vanquish. The power of self belief is the recurrent theme of Mayaa SH’s writings. An eternal quest for the power of the quintessential mind is the pivotal concern in the writings of this High Priestess of Determination in life. Her forte is not cerebral complexity, intellectual stamina, philosophical musings but her emotionally rich poetry as well and profoundly deep feelings expressed in deep verses. Her achievement is her daring and unconventional portrayal of the emotion of women’s emotions in its countless number of shades. Women are depicted in various roles like beloved, wife, sister, daughter, mother, mistress, grandmother and also labelled with tags in society. This picture of woman persona is really very complex. In critics words, Mayaa SH has more to say about the pathos of a woman emerging from passive role to the point of discovering and asserting her individual freedom and identity. Mayaa SH is primarily considered to be a poet of feminine longings. Her writings reflect her assertions as a sensitive woman who is moving in a male dominated society to champion the cause of woman. She has forcefully raised the voice against male tyrannies in her writings and laid emphasis on mental health. According to a simple and broad definition, anyone who recognizes the existence of gender biases male domination and patriarchy, and takes some action against it is a feminist Mayaa SH’s expression of feminism is at times explicit and at times implicit. She has been celebrated as a champion of womens causes. Her writings reveal a strong feminist streak in various forms. In her writings including poems the subordination and humiliation of women forms a prominent motif. She has portrayed the stark reality of the life of women. Mayaa SH has also asserted that at times no doubt, the victimization of woman is evident but woman doesn’t even realize that she is a victim. It appears that there is a need to study in depth the psychology of few men to humiliate woman and wonder why women show a submissive reconciliation with the female servitude. This is to realise that feminine mystique has always been exploited by man who treats her as a slave. There is contempt for all that marriages that entails the man, his activities, the act and the loss of identity of several women. There is no denying the fact that Mayaa SH has asserted against the masculine character of our civilization but she also shows her restlessness towards womens passive acceptance of subjugation as the appointed lot. Suppression as a legitimate form of self control has long been recommended to women. The decision of womans emotions is evident that even if a woman is not happy as an individual first or as a woman she must pretend herself to be a happy person in allocated roles given to her. Mayaa SH is not in favour of any love that anybody showers or her rather she asserts for an emotional identity given to any woman which is not afforded by many. Mayaa SH has hammered hard at many gender stereotypes and articulates the intense desire of many women to escape from the clutches and attaining freedom. Mayaa SH, in her writings, gives the first person account of women encounters, description of the private lives of women have thoroughly made the picture of suffering woman complete. It would not be wrong to point out that whatever Mayaa SH has written is in tones exposing the raw moods of experiences of people. It is because of this she cannot be dubbed as unfeminine. Her writings concentrates on the journey of self – discovery and expressing the different layers of hypocrisy which get over quoted in todays life and she has been studied by many for that by the high preachers of social morality. In a nutshell, the writings of Mayaa SH advocates freedom and self-respect for women. Mayaa SH has staunchly etched the emotional picture of woman and succinctly reiterated that a woman should not be treated as a commodity or a subaltern. She should be bestowed with respectable position in the society.
