The Tree of Humans: Patriarchy and Other Family Systems (3)

Impact of Economic Systems: 
The second reason for women’s condition is capitalism. Capitalism is a system in which the aim of any economic activity shifts to profit and the businesses need to survive and scale up.
The economic and social pressures of industrialisation often led to fragmented families, where members lived apart due to job opportunities, education, or other reasons. Industrialisation created job opportunities in urban areas, prompting many people to migrate from rural regions in search of better employment. Rural areas witnessed a relative decline in family income. This migration often resulted in the separation of extended families. The shift from subsistence farming to wage labour meant that families became financially independent, reducing the need. for collective family labour9. Industrialisation introduced a clear division between the public sphere (work) and the private sphere (home). Families became more isolated and self-reliant, with weakened ties to extended family members and community institutions10. Women’s participation in wage labour provided them with economic independence and decision-making power, altering traditional family roles. With better protection available in the cities, the ability to sustain themselves individually, economically, and socially increased for women.A shift in the world economy led to a decline in family wages and increased women labourers in factories in the developing world. Capitalism and Globalisation led to the movement of people  globally. Capitalism is responsible for the gender pay gap through various economic and social  mechanisms. Capitalist economies often segment the labour market, with certain jobs being gendered. Historically, women have been concentrated in lower-paying, part-time, and informal sectors11.
Women are offered lower starting salaries compared to men due to the supply and demand market forces because they are available to work at lesser pay. The employers also feel that women are either contributing to the family income and not entirely financially responsible for their families and are less likely to change jobs compared to men. Capitalist economies often prioritise productivity and profit and are not sensitive to individual gender issues. Addressing  these factors requires a comprehensive approach that includes policy changes, workplace reforms, and societal shifts in attitudes towards gender roles. Many socialist foundations have played a significant role in advancing feminism and gender equality and support organisations advocating for women’s rights. They prioritised efforts to address systemic inequalities, focusing on areas such as education, economic empowerment,  reproductive rights, and leadership opportunities for women to help reshape policies and societal attitudes that hinder gender equality. Their work has inspired other philanthropic and governmental bodies to prioritise gender equity, making a lasting impact on the global feminist movement.  Many such institutions work to fragment human society for the sake of advancing the non-human intelligence agenda.
Gender equality is an impractical concept and patriarchy has been vilified to misdirect the attention from the real cause behind women’s issues. Every human group needs a leader who emerges naturally as per his  ability,

capability, intention and responsibility. Even in patriarchy smart women influence and control the decision-making in the family. The motto is, why let gender lead when the ability can do it better? Family is a place where everyone contributes as per their ability and capability and their bond is love. It would be incorrect to judge such interdependent relationships with the measure of equality.
Communism emerged as a reaction to fears of rising capitalism and though the concept of communism appears ideally rooted in equality without care for personal accumulation of wealth, however, such high notions are against human nature which is built around individuality, self-interest, emotions and competition. Humanity has been pitted against itself  by ideas which do not understand the reality. In such cases, the traditional family system emerges trustworthy as a long-term tested and tried reliable system.
Capitalism survives solely for ego satisfaction and hubris. In a patriarchal symatristem, the identity of  members other members other than the leader is subdued. Women find an opportunity for the creation of identity and achievements. It is not difficult to comprehend who is the driving force behind capitalism other than the idea itself. It is the capitalists who own international banks and the monetary system. Such institutions and people looking forward to a new world order are in connivance with the HNIs (High Networth Individuals). They understand that with enough money, they could create and operationalise mutually reinforcing networks of information activists and experts to create narratives. Such narratives mislead women to believe that things that had never been even heard of before were not only possible but already widely accepted within the circles of high society. When women in patriarchy witness their spectacle and achievements, they feel rather uninspired and trapped in a system.                        (pics credit-WorldAtlas and WEF).

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*Dr. Satinder Singh Malik:  was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1997 as a fighter pilot. He flew state-of-the-art Su-30 MKI fighters. He is a keen skydiver, river rafter and mountaineer.  He has climbed  several peaks including  Mt Kilimanjaro , visiitng  Mt. Kailash and Lake Mansavroar.  He was also part of mountaineering expedition to Antartica.                                                                                                              Having interest in  Science of Yoga, Pragyan Brahama  philosophy  etc.  he has written  several papers for  Scientific God journal and JCER (Journal of Consciousness Exploration and Research) and books such as Beyond Common Science, A Logic of Every  Being.                                                                 Wing Cdr.. Malik reflects on deep insights provided by his Gurus Pilot Babaji and Mahavatar Babaji.