OpEd: 'It can be an incredibly therapeutic experience for South Asian women to live under a roof where they create their own rules.'
, PhD. “The trouble South Asian women, in particular, have with this is that the culture we come from is heavily influenced by the oppressive system of patriarchy. Women are often seen as assets or possessions of families and on top of this, South Asian culture is embedded in collectivism,” she says. “Therefore there is less of ‘I’ and more of an ‘us’ or ‘our’ mindset.”
“Growing up in our large families, we never learn how to be alone, how to develop not just as daughters or sisters or wives, but as people,” she says. While she says she experienced loneliness when she moved out, taking time to adjust to being removed from the bustle of her family life, Bansal learned more about herself through that struggle. “I see that in the past three years I've been through things my 20-year-old self could never have imagined.
21-year-old Tanya Kaushal convinced her parents to let her attend boarding school at 13, in hopes of acquiring a better education. She later attended university in London, their support unwavering.
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