Just when you think the world is progressing towards gender equality, a flip through the matrimonial section of your newspaper will hit you with the sad reality. A reality where newspapers are still filled with racist, sexist and casteist ads seeking for a trophy to be flaunted in the society. People are yet to go beyond physical appearance and social status while choosing the life partner with whom they plan to share more than what the world will ever see.
Finding a progressive ad in such a regressive space can be a futile act. When the society doesn’t pull up their socks, it’s time we show them how it’s done. Here are some progressive scenarios of matrimonial ads that are more worthy of the present times:
1. Looking for a relationship of equals
2. When the requirements fail to include physical appearance
3. The one that welcomes a strong woman, living life on her own terms
4. A proposal of a woman to a woman
5. Keen on matching interests and love for similar things
6. A man keen to be a smart and loving homemaker
7. An ad forbidding sexist applicants in all sense
8. When the in-laws want to adopt and not recruit