CBSE’s Class 10 examination passage on women and parenting was regressive and steeped in anachronistic notions of patriarchy. Educating children means making them aware and open-minded. Such writing reinforces gender stereotypes and misogyny. CBSE ‘dropping’ the passage is welcome, but it should ensure such thought-processes never find their way in.
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