A single mother in India disguises herself as a man to support her only daughter. (Picture / Retrieved from Twitter)
Mother’s love is really great! Indian single mother S Petchiammal dressed as a man for 36 years following her husband’s death in order to find a job to support her daughter. However, following her identity as a man dressed as a woman was revealed, she still wanted to remain a man due to “realistic considerations”, which also drew attention from all walks of life to the low social status of women in India.
According to the “Times of India” report, Bachemo, now regarding 57 years old, was hit by the sudden death of her husband due to a heart attack in just 15 days of marriage. To make matters worse, the traditional Indian culture, which regards women as a tool, has a negative impact on “remarriage.” Women” even scoffed. Let Bachemore, who was only 20 years old at the time, have to go out to work without the “shade” of men and face a very unfriendly environment alone.
Whether at a construction site, a hotel or a restaurant, as a widow and with a fuel bottle, Bachemore cannot get the treatment he deserves, and can only earn a meager salary in an environment where discrimination and sexual harassment are endured. In response, she had to abandon her female identity, cut her long hair and put on a shirt and robe at the temple, and also changed the information on her ID card and bank, and took it in a small village as a man named Muthu. Responsive treatment and respect.
Surprisingly, during the 36 years that Bachemo became Mudu, no one found out that she was a woman except her daughter and relatives in her hometown who knew her true gender, and “Mudu” has not yet had the idea of recovering her daughter’s body. , and even wanted to remain male until his death. It is worth mentioning that her gender is male in the Indian biometric identification system “Aadhaar”, but the data in the rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) is female.
Although the status of women in major cities in India has improved in recent years, the vast majority of Indian women are still living in danger. Those who are “lucky” to be born and survive may be forced into child marriage, and even following marriage, they will still be forced to marry. Faced with the threat of being sexually assaulted, coupled with the traditional culture that women have the obligation to pay a large amount of dowry to the man when they get married, Indian women in traditional families are easily regarded as “losing money”, which also makes India’s modern education level. The lower the area, the higher the proportion of women being oppressed.
