In our society, male-dominated thinking and behaviors have become part of the socio-cultural trends of the current society in Pakistan. With each passing day, women seem to be consciously snatching their rights, but the pressure of society and traditions on them does not seem to be decreasing.

Multiple Layers of Oppression on Working Women

Working women are not only subjected to biased attitudes in the workplace, society, and family but are also sexually harassed. Therefore, without understanding the socio-economic reasons for sexual exploitation, neither can the grief and sorrow of women be redressed on purely sexual grounds, nor can any action plan be formulated in this regard.

The Link Between Class and Gender

To be free from sexual and economic exploitation, we have to understand the interrelationship between class and gender.

Class-Based Disparities Among Women

Today, a large number of women in Pakistan are earning fame in politics, business, entertainment, and other fields, but almost all of them belong to the ruling or middle class.

Contrast Between Elites and Working Women

Their problems, sufferings, and aspirations are all in contrast to those of working women. Even if a woman belonging to the lower class rises economically and socially, she becomes part of the upper class and deviates from her original class foundations.

Consciousness Shaped by Material Conditions

After all, material and social conditions determine consciousness, not the other way around. The tragedy of free-thinking thinking is that it considers women no more than a commodity and a means of commercial advertising.

Capitalism and the Unpaid Labor of Women

These behaviors cannot end until the material conditions and foundations on which this socio-economic system stands are eliminated. In the capitalist system, there is no compensation for housework and many other types of hard work and labor performed by women.

Invisible Labor and Economic Inequality

Taking care of the household and family, raising and educating children, and countless other such tasks, this system takes from women without pay, leading to a deterioration in their social status and economic conditions.

Breaking the Chains of Domestic Slavery

The needs and problems of women working in homes and working in the workforce are completely different. The web of domestic slavery that has bound today's women can only be broken when the ownership relations over the means of production change.

A Vision for Real Freedom

In this economically disadvantaged country, the real freedom of women will begin when, instead of having to laboriously carry buckets of water for domestic use, she will simply have to open the water tank in the house.

Economic Hardships and Domestic Violence

Most cases of domestic violence are related to harsh economic conditions, so it is impossible to end it in a society based on scarcity and unbridled demand.

Gender Wage Gaps Even in Advanced Economies

Similarly, the wages of women working in factories are lower than those of men even in developed capitalist countries.

Role of Technology and Public Services

Today, under the influence of technological advancement, it is possible to eliminate domestic labor. Numerous measures can be taken to give women equal social status, including communal kitchens and early childhood education and care centers.

Social Morality as a Tool of Oppression

In order to continue the exploitation of women, false values ​​and morals are imposed on society, which is also a necessity of this system. Male domination over the family is also a necessity of this system.