Journey of Woman: From Concubine to Commodity

Abstract

 The paper aims to study the journey and status of woman from the early known references in scriptures that goes back to Adam and Eve and its development and gradual degeneration till date. The paper focuses on woman as the mother of creation, as deity, as witch, as evil step mom, as prostitute, as concubine and finally as commodity. All waves of feminism have been considered and their role in further worsening the scenario has been highlighted. The paper ends at a positive note and a hope that still a better world can be achieved if woman stop considering male at the centre and herself at the periphery. Female constitute approximately half of the total seven billion population which is much more than enough to change the ongoing discourse of feminism.