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Women in Search of Self-expression


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1 Department of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
2 Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
     

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Are we living in a world where opportunities and possibilities are equal affairs for both men and women? Is the corporate world sensitive enough to let women be women? Are working women still the 'women' they were once thought to be? Does gender equality really exist or is it just a myth disguised as reality? What organisations and their leaders actually believe, think, feel, and do in the garb of providing equal rights for women in the workplace, encouraging gender diversity, revised policies and guidelines, is the reality that exists that no one wants to talk about. The present article throws light on these concerns and pushes the reader to constantly question the reality of the world we are living in and to reflect on the part they, as members of this society, are playing in it.

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women, gender, workplace, discrimination, equality.
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Authors

Salma Seth
Department of Applied Psychology, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Aanchal Aggarwal
Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Abstract


Are we living in a world where opportunities and possibilities are equal affairs for both men and women? Is the corporate world sensitive enough to let women be women? Are working women still the 'women' they were once thought to be? Does gender equality really exist or is it just a myth disguised as reality? What organisations and their leaders actually believe, think, feel, and do in the garb of providing equal rights for women in the workplace, encouraging gender diversity, revised policies and guidelines, is the reality that exists that no one wants to talk about. The present article throws light on these concerns and pushes the reader to constantly question the reality of the world we are living in and to reflect on the part they, as members of this society, are playing in it.

Keywords


women, gender, workplace, discrimination, equality.

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