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The newspaper report said, “Afsana has jumped over the wall. The gender wall that her mother had put up for her.” Think and write in your own words, what was this wall? What do you understand by ‘gender bias’?
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Answer: The word wall here refers to gender bias. Usually, in rural parts of India, there still there exists differentiation between the genders. Girls are usually not allowed to study, work or do anything of their choice, and boys are given more attention than girls. Here, Afsana’s mother is trying to tell Afsana to continue with the household work rather than to work outside. Firstly, this gender bias has to be removed from people’s minds, and equal rights have to be given to both girls and boys.