Last generation of innocent mothers.

The difference between innocence and silence.

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There was a social media campaign glorifying what it called the last generation of innocent mothers — women who sacrificed their lives without complaint. The word innocent is used like praise. But innocence, in this case, is just another name for silence.

These women are now in their 50s and 60s.

They were married young — at 18, 19, 20, sometimes even earlier — and sent away from their parents’ homes to live with men they barely knew. From the first day of marriage, men expected them to become free labour: cooking, cleaning, serving, adjusting, obeying. Their lives stopped being their own.

Men normalised physical violence. Emotional and mental abuse was not even recognised as abuse. Complaining was never an option. A “good” woman was one who endured.

A good Indian woman never complains.

A good Indian woman never expresses her concerns.
Otherwise, she is called nagging.
After one or two years of marriage, men demanded children.