Modern on the Outside, Backward at the Core

Society loves to celebrate progress — but only the kind that looks good on the surface.

Cities grow taller. People use smartphones. Women go to school, get jobs, even travel alone. From the outside, everything looks modern. Progressive. Civilized.

But scratch the surface, and you’ll find the same old mindset, carefully hidden behind technology and slogans.

Families still treat daughters like property — just with better packaging.
Men still expect women to obey — just in more polished language.
Freedom is offered, but only if it doesn’t cross invisible lines.

The rules haven’t changed. Only the tone has.

A woman is still expected to “balance” everything — her dreams, her home, her role as a daughter, wife, mother, and caretaker. If she focuses too much on herself, she’s selfish. If she chooses not to marry or have children, people wonder what’s “wrong” with her.

They’ll say, “We support women.”
But if she demands equal space, they’ll call her aggressive.
If she walks away from tradition, they’ll call her lost.
If she refuses to apologize, they’ll call her arrogant.

This is not progress. This is performance.

True progress means changing how we think — not just how we dress, where we work, or what we post on social media. It means dismantling the silent expectations that still control so many lives.

A modern society isn’t defined by its gadgets or hashtags.
It’s defined by how much freedom it gives to the people it once tried to control.

Until a woman can live without being measured, judged, or reduced to a role —
Society remains backward, no matter how shiny its surface looks.