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Women's Safety

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Women’s safety is the recent buzzword around the globe which demands the protection of women from victimization. The question that arises here is: Why has the safety of women become a topic of concern in this modern civilized world? This presumes that there is something wrong with society’s treatment of women. The politics of snatching power from women, making them weak and destitute can be regarded as the ‘creator’ of insecurity for women. It has been the claim of feminists that woman has been subjugated and deprived of their rights for ages. Voices have been raised for the safety of women and to make them feel free to come out of the four walls of their home and go out to the world of competitions and be on a par with the male population. But before anyone dares to do it there occur incidences where women are marginalized, silenced, and their views and wishes are stifled. That is why French feminist, Simone de Beauvoir declared boldly in  The Second Sex,  “One is not born, b...