Equality or discrimination?

I don’t get this. Women who harp on gender equality and gender sensitivity do not as much as bat an eyelid while demanding gender-based reservation. How different are these women from Arjun Singh who does not (at least seemingly) understand that giving reservation without improving basic education facilities/standards will be of no good.
The women’s reservation bill is shockingly being supported by the so-called educated thinking women. Are they oblivious to ground realities such as the high drop out rate of girl children from schools? Or, for that matter, the poor density of government-run secondary and high schools that enables `elimination’ of the girl child from school education as their parents are not too keen on their young daughters traveling a distance forcing them to drop out soon after they complete their primary education.
Why don’t these women fighting for reservation fight for better education facilities for girls? Why don’t they force the government to set up more schools for girl children? Why don’t they move around creating awareness among parents on the importance of education for the girl child.
But, why should they? As they have a quick-fix solution to the problem__ reservation for these girls. How many girls who would really benefit from a reservation would actually manage to reach that stage of seeking admission into a university or apply for a job, I wonder. How can a quota for girls bring about their elusive equality in society, when the section it is really meant for may remain alienated?
Then, who would benefit from the reservation for women? Those who have perhaps received the same education and have had the same privileged upbringing as boys? But, why should they get admission or a job over a more deserving candidate just because of their gender? Which self-respecting woman would interpret a placement or an admission that she has secured not because of her performance or grades but her gender?
The women fighting for the bill or supporting the bill have no faith in themselves. I, for one, feel the bill is discriminatory. It makes women (like me) feel that they may not work as hard or study as hard because they would still get admission and a job just because they belong to the privileged fairer sex.