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Marriage in India means compromise .And this compromise should always be from a woman side It is believed by the society . Yes, when two people start living together, many things may be not similar between them , both of them have to understand each other and live with each other with a little bit Compromise but why a woman is expected to kill her wishes and compromise .
From childhood, it is put in the mind of the child that you are a girl, the job of girls is to adjust, they have to kill their desire everywhere . Whenever there is a quarrel between two siblings in the house, it is always said to a girl that you should be careful , you do not speak, you keep calm , you understand . After marriage, a girl is expected to give up her career to take care of her family as it is her job and this has been going on for centuries.
It is always said that the woman showed understanding, so her marriage was safe , we would not have heard same for man . One of the important reasons for low divorce cases in India is that women in India know how to compromise. The women who raise their voice against the atrocities happening with them, their marriage always ends on the divorce .We would never have heard that the woman raised her voice against the atrocities happening to her, so her marriage is safe today . Girls are always told that they have to learn to adjust because after marriage she will have to Compromise and adjust because she is going to another house. But a boy is never told how he will stay with his wife after marriage, when she comes here from another house, then how will you adjust?
A woman is always like water, dissolves very quickly in anything that is why always a woman is asked to do adjustment , to compromise . Compromise and adjustment is considered as a birth right of women . It should be that when both live together, then both should understand each other’s shortcomings and understand each other’s goodness and live together wisely.