Is it 'mother India' or 'father India' ?

Is it 'mother India'  or 'father India'? 

Male chauvinism is an ideology of people which defines that men are stronger then their opposite sex. Most Indian men have been raised to think that women are the weaker sex, and that they have to 'take care' of her. Even our marriage rituals objectifies women to the extent that 'she is given' in marriage by the father to the husband. As if she were a piece of property. It's no wonder that the average Indian male is a chauvinist. It is up to the mother to bring up their sons to treat women with respect.

Many parents are the reason who treat them differently. A girl should learn all household works before going to in laws house. Did they make their son learn household works before getting married?  Answer is 'never'.  If a girl raise her voice on elders, she is going to spoil her parents' name but if a boy shouts, won't their name get spoil?  Earlier, parents used to wish for a boy child as they thought that he is the one who will look after them in their old age but today most of the things have changed. We see that girls today are standing on their feet independently and are supporting their parents better than a boy can. Is not only about our society but also about our mythology.
Male chauvinism has been observed through ages. 

In Hindu mythology,  divinity is expressed in the form of three couples -  brahma and saraswati,  vishnu and lakshmi,  shiva and shakti. Male half of this trinity us associated with verbs like brahma creates, vishnu preserves and shiva destroys. The female half on the other hand is associated with nouns like saraswati is knowledge, lakshmi is wealth, shakti is power. The gods are thus creators, preservers and destroyers; they are the active subjects. The goddesses by contrast are that which is created, preserved or destroyed; they are the passive objects. While the goddesses are described so wealth, knowledge and power,  they themselves are never described as knowledgeable, wealthy or powerful. That is usually an adjective reserved for Gods. Isn't it good old male chauvinism at work?  Or is it something else?

Shiva does not represent a man and shakti does not represent a woman. Shiva and shakti are male and female forms that lend themselves to embody ideas. Ideas have no gender.  But to communicate them,  they are often given various forms like plants, animals, patterns, and sometimes humans. If human, they are given gender.  

I wonder why a country that worships wealth, knowledge and power as women has traditionally denied women access to all the three. We consider our country as 'mother India'  but here, mother is considered inferior to father then why not say 'father India'? The name of our country should reflect the thinking of our society, shouldn't it?  

A mother gives birth to a child - either a bit out a girl. It signifies that male are a part of female. They have originated from women. A man should respect a woman as he requires her to grow. Without her,  he is nothing. Within is Purusha. Without is prakriti. Without either there is neither.  
Editor: Aditi chauhan