Navdeepji
I slightly disagree with you, in that you say things need to shift a little bit, no, things need to shift a huge amount, women need to be given a full and equal presence on a par with men.
Unfortunately it begins right at the beginning.There are elements of the Sikh Marriage Ceremony I find uhmm distasteful, these are not religious elements, they are traditional elements, which do nothing to set the foundations for an equal relationship.
1 The girl walks behind the man
2 The girl has to leave her fathers house in tears (not sure about this one, been a long time since I went to a wedding)
3 The girl has to be helped (forced?) round the SGGS by her family
4 The dowry arrangements do nothing for equality
5 The transfer of being a daughter from her own family to the grooms family
No man has to go through these rituals, but for a woman, it clearly shows her place in the new family/marriage.
Complete equality, which is what Guruji preached, is just that , dare I say it, but more Vedic baggage to be dumped I think
