MAINS 2013
GS1
10 marks
Male membership needs to be encouraged in order to make women’s organization free from gender bias. Comment.
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7 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Comment on whether men's membership can make women's organisations free of gender bias.
CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Case for: patriarchy is a relational problem; men as allies change norms at home and in workplaces≈35 words
- 2Historical evidence: male reformers (Roy, Vidyasagar, Phule) drove women's causes≈35 words
- 3Case against: women-only spaces (SEWA, Kudumbashree) build leadership; risk of male domination≈35 words
- 4Balanced view: men as supporters, not controllers; men's groups against violence≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Interpret 'gender bias' in women's bodiesArguments forArguments againstMiddle path
Where marks usually go
- Arguing only one side
- No Indian organisational examples
Draw this
- Spectrum: women-only → allied men's groups → mixed membership
Value addition
- CampaignUN Women's HeForShe campaign (2014) enlists men as partners for gender equality.UN Women, 2014
- ExampleMAVA (Men Against Violence and Abuse), Mumbai, works with young men on gender norms.MAVA, 1993
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
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