‘Raja Beta’ Syndrome, A Sign Of Chronic Patriarchy

Outspoken And Opinionated
3 min readDec 12, 2020

In our nation, the second a boy is conceived he becomes ‘raja beta’ or a child who can’t be blamed no matter what. This condition is so profoundly settled in our mind that we are prepared to acknowledge that any lady in his life whether it is his significant other or a live-in accomplice encourages everything incorrectly in his life.

Under the mark of ‘raja beta,’ we support entitled, untrustworthy young men and men who will consistently discover somebody to a fault. Their families will rather assume liability for their decisions as opposed to letting them face the outcomes. Do we by any chance understand that it stunts the self-improvement of our young men?

Indeed, even today I realize that most Indian young ladies end up experiencing childhood in the kitchen with their mothers managing them to learn family errands like creation Rotis, blending tea, serving food as right on time as when they are ten years of age. This to prepare them to become adequate daughters-in-law and master the art of ‘caring’. While the young men are allowed to go out and play or talk with the visitors. It shocks me when moms need their little girls in the kitchen instead of in a school even in this age and day. I continue pondering who has chosen these jobs that we need to find a way into. For what reason can’t the men in the family take up family errands too, since ladies likewise have thriving vocations?

Shockingly, men of our age are raised to believe that housework isn’t their need and that is the motivation behind why ladies are required to cover their beaus and spouses with protective consideration. Like their moms who tidied up the wreck in their rooms, the sweetheart or spouse should get the string where his mom left. What number of ladies have the advantage of returning to a perfect and tidy up room in the wake of leaving for office in a rush, having their clothing washed, collapsed and pressed and food being served to them while they watch a film? No such extravagance if they don’t have house help without a doubt.

Mothers quit idolizing your boys and get over the ‘raja beta’ disorder because our organic contrasts didn’t accompany pre-stacked programming that says family unit errands are for ladies as it were. It’s an ability and everybody can learn it.

This has been frequently rehashed yet do we pay attention to it? Do we understand that equality starts at home and that the two guardians are dependable to walk the discussion? Truly, ladies are in charge of moms who are the ones bringing up their youngsters so they have a more significant function of instilling correspondence at home. We need to recollect that we can witness change when people split away from their sexual orientation jobs and begin sharing the jobs they play inside and outside of the house.

As soon as a sweetheart or a spouse enters the scene when the ‘raja beta’ grows up, genuinely I mean, and the reality hits hard. The task of taking care of ‘raja beta’ is immediately transferred to her. However, she can never be family, she will stay always be an outsider. She can’t and never can think about the welfare and goodwill of her man or his family right? Her actions will be reviewed at each level. This has become the case in this prominent case.

The conversation is interminable, the undercoating factor is men are not the obligation of ladies whether they are raja betas or the not so ideal specimens. Men are sufficiently competent to take care of themselves, share the housework, assume liability for their activities whether it is in regards to devouring medications or be in a live-in relationship with no doubts.

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