No matter how hard it gets, never lose your self-respect. Always prioritise yourself- your rights, your needs, your health.

So dear society, before villainising bahus for being defiant, determined to their goal and daunting, think that would you consider men wrong for the same behaviour?

Marriage is an option in life and not a necessity. A woman is free to delay her marriage as long as she wants or does not marry at all. What else do I wish my parents told me about? Read here

From where does the idea of villainising outspokenness and opinionated nature come? Who said that women with voice and agency will disturb the harmony of society?

I want that through my experience many girls around learn that they are never responsible for their own assault. I want other parents to understand that sexual harassment is a crime and they should protect their daughters from it- but not by caging them but by making them independent.

Should women even be expected to ignore point-blank statements and actions targeted at them? Don’t women have the right to question patriarchal mindsets adding footnotes to their lives?

I have told my parents that I don’t wanna end up in a toxic relationship as they have and will make sure that my partner will be feminist enough to respect my choices. Because I want an equal marriage but what my parents have are servility and compromises.

If every parent starts listening and valuing their daughters’ choices then women will not marry against their choice or influence other women in their circle to do so.

If we don’t raise men and women who are against violence, can we ever overcome the reality marred by conflicts that we inhabit today?

To achieve equality in the true sense, society needs women who speak for themselves and others. And it is a parents’ responsibility to send outspoken women leaders in society.