Its been three weeks and me and J just realized we have not seen a single woman during that time. It was an odd sensation to just see men every day for 3 weeks. Be it the market, office, our meetings. Hell even at the International offices no women.
This brought up an interesting point in our view. How important is interaction with the opposite gender to normal day to day activities. Also is the segregation of society into its two genders, a socially viable concept? Does it lead to deviations, be it sexual or mental?
Lastly is a co-ed environment necessary for normal child growth?
I don't see the men for more than tht time....except yeah my mahrams..who would b dad..bro..chacha's..maamo's...nana..dada etc...and it has never been a problem.
Aren't Urdu shay'ars known for waxing poetic about how:
"Duniya ya zindagi main aurat ya sin'f-e-nazuk na ho, to yai duniya aur yai zindagi bay-rang nazar aa'ta hai".
Setting aside what the poets say, I think from a sociological perspective, each gender needs the other to truly to balance the other out. It's that yin/yang idea - each brings ideas and emotions to the interaction that helps with human growth.
Segregation is well and good (as an Islamic requirement), but even within the requirements of segregation, it doesn't mean that an individual exists in a society devoid of the other gender's presence. And I definitely see social/physiological deviations arising from the absence of interaction with the other other gender.
wht an ewwwyyy term…
always reminds me of CM
