In centuries of patriarchal society in India, boys/men grow up believing that they have the ultimate responsibility to protect and generate resources for their family. There is always a pressure to live up to this expectation for which they also often recieve special care. A mother would want to ensure that the son does not have to be hassled about the household work because he has to be busy earning. And what is the product in the end? - A man who may not be able to cook,clean, stitch clothes, etc at home. He is only trained to use physical power (because thats the only thing that they have more than women at times!) and deal with the outside world because there are always women to deal with the world at home! The most common reason men can give for this is, " We were not asked to do such things. So we do not know how to. Of course! we can learn if we want to!" But how many men actually get into the practical part of this thought?

What needs to happen in present times? Women in urban cities are progressively learning to deal with the outside world as well as manage the world at home. Her efficiency and skills are increasing and becoming far better than men. Men are lagging far behind but they may not want to accept this fact. Most of the men are still stuck in the way of thinking from 19th century while women in urban areas are well settling in the 21st century way of being. The excuse of "my mother made me so" cannot work all the time. It is the reponsibility of everyone to take actions for change in thier life. Men are yet to prove that they can change and consider women as equal. Men have to get used to the fact that women will speak thier mind without fearing "what will the man think" of thinking "of course, he must be right!" Women are right too. Men have to learn to listen to them. Of course, this journey is not too easy. But men have to take the responsibility to take this journey. Otherwise, they probably will have to get used to being rejected by women who might be far more efficient then them.