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What do you understand by the phrase "emancipation of women"? Have women really emancipated? Emancipation of women connotes a certain freedom from the restrictions imposed upon them by their domineering male counterparts in order to achieve political, social and economic equality. In most traditional societies, women were expected to stay at home, do house chores and bear children, especially male heirs. In the last century, women like Florence nightingale and Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneers of the feminism movement organized campaigns to show that women could do more than play solely the traditional, subservient role of mother and wife. Consequently, nowadays, women are earning growing recognition as a result of their competence and intellectual power. There are certain countries, like the Islamic and the Asian ones, who are still showing their disapproval. However, many women failed to understand the proper meaning of 'emancipation' and are becoming their own exploiters. A glaring example of women's progress...

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