Feminism is a social movement that denotes the imbalance in society because of the unequal status of man and woman who are like the two eyes in the face.

Like the bane of casteism in society, casteism which has created irrevocable divisions among people and which is the greatest social evil, like religious intolerance, which is a very unhealthy indication of man’s outlook, which creates cleavage between one segment of the population and another, the gender equation issue is assuming greater and greater proportions of gravity. The social awareness among women is the indication of society’s advancement.

Spirited women whose blood boils as they are mentally agitated by the domineering attitude of the men folk who have long been nurtured in the unjust feeling that they are superior, keep the flag flying. They want to flight to a finish and their unrelenting agitations for a change in the behavioral norms of the autocratic men folk will bring about a better order if not today but at least in the near future.

Even now, even the enlightened aged women in society harass their daughters-in-law being far behind in time, being still in a bygone age when the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law clash was at its highest. The age-long confrontation between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law seems to be endless. Sometimes, a husband turns wild with anger at his meek wife and spurns her and spits on her.

Feminism is a word that often finds a place in the newspapers and the magazines. Feminism is the subject of talk in the radio and the television. Though the feminist movement is very active in countries like the USA and Britain even there women are still given a back seat. It is generally said that women belong to the weaker sex. They are by nature gentle, soft-spoken and shy. But there are women who can outdo men in assertiveness, dominance and aggressiveness.