So, everyday I come across posts that say a lot of things about women: some 'for' women, some 'against' women, some saying 'I support women' and all those things. But most of them are lost on me. They are lost on me for a reason. No, wait. For several reasons.
First things first, the way our society (read a LOT of my acquaintances included) reacts to Feminism is horrifying. When I say this, I mean there is a gross misinterpretation of Feminism by men and women both. For one, Feminism does not and I repeat does not serve the purpose of a synonym for 'I despise everything men do and hate the male fraternity' sentiments. So, it'd be really nice if you understood what Feminism is about before either gloating or blaspheming it.
A lot of crime takes place behind the closed doors in our society. By crime, I do mean all these cases of molestation, rape, abuse, domestic violence and stuff that nightmares are made up of. We, most importantly, a lot of women out there need to realize that we the women are not the only victims here. I know several male friends of mine who have been groped in public transport and molested. We cannot be selectively blind and label the entire male fraternity as the potential rapists. Men get raped too. A criminal does not have a gender.
Moving over, my body is my own. I can be born skinny.Or, curvy. I can choose to be skinny. Or, curvy. Or lean, athletic, muscular, round, square, triangle, rhombus etc. Basically, whatever I want to be. The trend of 'Real Women Are Curvy' is misleading and very biased. Just so you know, there is nothing called 'real' women. We are very much real from the time of our births till the time of our deaths.
We eat, live and survive in the virtual world. There's no denying the fact that social media is as integral a part of our lives as is taking a dump. And it is here that I find women, girls, young and old talking about, sharing stuff that spell misogyny, that stink of sexism. In adhering to the patriarchal standards of the society, are we not feeding the same with our very own hands?
Stop tagging strong woman as 'mardaani'.
Stop ridiculing men who wear pink.
Stop using 'bitch', 'cunt', 'sissy' etc as cuss words.
Stop victimizing all men as 'kutte-kamine'.
Stop doing nonsensical, illogical, elitist things.
Stop. Think. Realize.
May be its time for us all, men and women alike, to think before we speak. May be its time for all of us to act!
First things first, the way our society (read a LOT of my acquaintances included) reacts to Feminism is horrifying. When I say this, I mean there is a gross misinterpretation of Feminism by men and women both. For one, Feminism does not and I repeat does not serve the purpose of a synonym for 'I despise everything men do and hate the male fraternity' sentiments. So, it'd be really nice if you understood what Feminism is about before either gloating or blaspheming it.
A lot of crime takes place behind the closed doors in our society. By crime, I do mean all these cases of molestation, rape, abuse, domestic violence and stuff that nightmares are made up of. We, most importantly, a lot of women out there need to realize that we the women are not the only victims here. I know several male friends of mine who have been groped in public transport and molested. We cannot be selectively blind and label the entire male fraternity as the potential rapists. Men get raped too. A criminal does not have a gender.
Moving over, my body is my own. I can be born skinny.Or, curvy. I can choose to be skinny. Or, curvy. Or lean, athletic, muscular, round, square, triangle, rhombus etc. Basically, whatever I want to be. The trend of 'Real Women Are Curvy' is misleading and very biased. Just so you know, there is nothing called 'real' women. We are very much real from the time of our births till the time of our deaths.
We eat, live and survive in the virtual world. There's no denying the fact that social media is as integral a part of our lives as is taking a dump. And it is here that I find women, girls, young and old talking about, sharing stuff that spell misogyny, that stink of sexism. In adhering to the patriarchal standards of the society, are we not feeding the same with our very own hands?
Stop tagging strong woman as 'mardaani'.
Stop ridiculing men who wear pink.
Stop using 'bitch', 'cunt', 'sissy' etc as cuss words.
Stop victimizing all men as 'kutte-kamine'.
Stop doing nonsensical, illogical, elitist things.
Stop. Think. Realize.
May be its time for us all, men and women alike, to think before we speak. May be its time for all of us to act!
