SHOULD THE AGE OF GIRL BE INCREASED TO 21 YEARS BY LAW OR NOT 15-1-22


15 January 2022 08:53

SHOULD GIRL’S AGE BE INCEASED TO 21 AT PAR WITH THE BOYS IN ANSSWER, I WILL SAY YES, GIRLS MUST HAVE 1. EQUALITY WITH BOYS 2. LATER AGE WILL HELP THEM TO TAKE HIGHER STUDIES AND AS SUCH STRIVE FOR BETTER CAREER 3. WILL GET MORE MATURE AND ENLISHTENED ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF MARRIAGE 4. WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPETE WITH BOYS IN ALMOST ALL SPHERES OF LIFE 5. ZEX BIAS WILL GET REDUCED. 6. BEING WELL EDUCATED, GETTING CONSCIOUS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA WILL HELP THEM TO DECIDE ABOUT MARRIAGE BY THEIR OWN CHOICE RATHER DEPENDING ON PARENTS ETC. 7. GETTING MATURE AND ENLIGHTENED AND TAKING TO JOBS, WILL HELP THEM TO BECOME SELF CONFIDENT, SELF RELIANT, AND EVILS LIKE DOWY, CONFLICTS WITH MOTHER IN-LAW AND HUSBAND BEHAVIOUR WILL GET ERADICATED/REDUCED/GET NEGLIGIBLE. SHOULD THIS ENHANCEMENT OF AGE BE BROUGHT BY LAW, IS A QUESTION. I WILL SAY, NO, IN INDIA, IN VARIOUS STATES THERE ARE DIFFERENT CUSTOMS, IN TRIBES AND MUSLIMS IN GENERAL LESSER AGE IS COMMON. 1. IMPOSITION OF LAW WILL BRING ABOUT REVOLT, NON-OBEYANCE 2. EXTREMLY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO IMPLEMENT AND GET THE LAW ENFORCED. WHiLE TO INCREASE AGE OF GIRLS IS DESIRABLE WHILE INTRODUCTION OF LAW AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT GETTING FAVOUR, THEN WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, IS A QUESTION. I THINK, LAW FOR INCREASE OF AGE OF GIRLS SHOULD NOT BE ENACTED AND INSTEAD FOLLOWING MEASURES NEED TO BE ESSENTIALLY TAKEN TO BRING IN THE DESIRED CHANG IN THE AGE OF THE GIRLS TO 21 AT PAR WITH BOYS. 1. GREAT EMPHASIS AND FACILITIES BE PROVIDED FOR EDUCATION OF THE GIRLS. 2. SOCIAL ORGANISATIONS, MEDIA, SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT MUST ENGAGE IN ENLIGHTENING THE GIRLS ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF INCREASE IN THEIR AGE AND WHAT DISADVANGES THEY BEAR IF THEY CONTINUE AS AT PRESENT AT THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, WHICH MOSTLY RESULTS IN EARLY MARRIAGE, TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON THEIR WOULD BE HUSBANDS, LEAST POSSIBILITY TO ENJOY THE DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, WHICH MORE OR LESS IN TODAY’S CONDITIONS, KEEP THEM MORE OR LESS IMPRISONED. 2. FURTHER THEY AS GIRLS ARE ALSO HUMAN BEINGS LIKE BOYS, THEN WHY THEY SHOULD REMAIN DEPRIVED OF THE FACILITIES AS ENJOYED BY THE BOYS 3. ESSENTIAL ALSO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARENTS TO ALLOW THEIR GIRLS FREE MOVEMENT, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND AS SUCH BECOME SELF CONFIDENT AND SELF RELIANT, WITH LEAST BURDEN ON THEIR PARENTS, INCLUDING SO MANY EVILS OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS AS A GIRL WILL BE AVOIDED. 4. MEIN LARKI HOON AUR LAR SAKTI HOON IS A BEAUTIFUL SLOGAN TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN THE THINKING AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE GIRLS AND WOMEN FOLK TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE IN EQUALITY AND BEHAVIOUR. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS FOR THE GIRLS WHO GET MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 18 ETC. I THINK FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS WILL PERHAPS HELP A LOT AND ENCOURAGE THE GIRLS TO GET TO THE AGE OF 21 ALIKE TO BOYS 1. PASSPORT FACILITY SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHEN THE GIRL GETS TO 21 YEARS 2. ELECTION RIGHT BE GIVEN ONLY WHEN SHE REACHES AT THE AGE OF 21 YEARS 3. EMPLOYMENT IN GOVERNMENT JOBS AND PRIVATE BE MADE COMPULSORY AT AGE OF 21 YEARS FOR GIRLS. WITH EXCEPTION WHERE WILL BE THE FAMILY WITH POOR RESOURCES AND GIRLS ARE OBLIGED TO TAKE TO SOME DOMESTIC, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, UNSKILLED JOBS ETC. ETC. IN WHICH HELP BY GOVERNMENT WILL DO GOOD TO SUCH GIRLS A LOT. IN CONCLUSION; IN SHORT, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS WILL ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCEMENT OF AGE OF GIRLS THAN ENACTING THE LAW.