Feminism by definition is a collection of movement and ideologies aimed at defending equal rights for women. I do believe in gender equality so I must be a feminist. But I never felt the need to proclaim it out loud. I was never denied anything because I was a woman and I am married to a man who loves to cook. So I figured if I complain about gender bias it would make me a hypocrite. Yea, I quit a well paid job and embraced a life of domesticity, but nobody forced me to do it.
I have been thinking about that young 23 year old girl from New Delhi who thought it was safe to board a bus at night with a male companion. But it was not. And even the bus driver turned a rapist.
Whats wrong with our society? How can women trust any man?
I just watched a new Malayalam movie. What was the name again? May be it's not even worth remembering . The hero meets a girl he knew once, but now this girl is all disrespectful and edgy. He is all set to teach her a lesson, show her her place in the society as a woman and marry her in the end. He slaps her and insults her in innovative ways, makes fun of the way she dresses and in the end she wears a sari and becomes his obedient wife. Do we really need such movies anymore? Is there any shortage of women with traditional values who knows how to wrap a sari? Then why get obsessed with this particular girl who is bad mannered and insolent. What kind of message is this movie sending to young boys and girls? Do men have the right to teach any woman 'a lesson' just because they are physically superior?
May be we should stop making such sexist movies.
I have been thinking about that young 23 year old girl from New Delhi who thought it was safe to board a bus at night with a male companion. But it was not. And even the bus driver turned a rapist.
Whats wrong with our society? How can women trust any man?
I just watched a new Malayalam movie. What was the name again? May be it's not even worth remembering . The hero meets a girl he knew once, but now this girl is all disrespectful and edgy. He is all set to teach her a lesson, show her her place in the society as a woman and marry her in the end. He slaps her and insults her in innovative ways, makes fun of the way she dresses and in the end she wears a sari and becomes his obedient wife. Do we really need such movies anymore? Is there any shortage of women with traditional values who knows how to wrap a sari? Then why get obsessed with this particular girl who is bad mannered and insolent. What kind of message is this movie sending to young boys and girls? Do men have the right to teach any woman 'a lesson' just because they are physically superior?
May be we should stop making such sexist movies.
