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Male Chauvinist Pigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Men are all Pigs”, said I.
“Cuz most women are dumb”, replied ma friend immediately!
This was with reference to some remark he made about someone. Well, I pounced on him arguing about why we are not dumb and more intelligent than men! I began citing examples of our intelligence and the fact proving men being Chauvinists and rude and cheap and what not!
And, this friend of mine is proud to claim that he is an MCP and all of those who know me also know how strong a feminist I am. So the discussion was in vain as both of us refused to agree with the other. And then someone interrupted to change the topic which is a common scene every time we meet.
But, I sat back and thought about a lot of things related to our discussions. I was wondering if men enjoy being called Chauvinists! Is it like a status symbol, “Like you know I have a girl friend, Like you know I’m an MCP and proud to be one???????”
Is that how they try to prove they are more superior? Or is it a way of showing strength?
I keep wondering, why is it that men seeking to bond and avoid potential conflict, endless talk of women has always been the coin of the realm? In this discourse, of course, women are routinely “OBJECTIFIED”. While often restrained in the presence of the opposite sex, amongst themselves men giggle and leer over women who live up to some social standard of sex appeal, or the opposite of it.
It’s so easy for a guy to say, that girl is such a bitch!! She is this and that, she does this and that?? How much ever we talk about women equality, 21st century world and things of the like, fact still remains, “it’s a man’s world”! Holds true at least in India.
The other day, one of my friends was telling me how a man slapped his wife on the airport and created a scene. When an educated man doesn’t know how to respect women, I’m sorry but he doesn’t even have the rights to be called civilized!!
There is nothing that the MCP’s loathe more than ball-busting women, as they perceive them. It’s the insecurity that they might be overtaken by their opposite sex. It’s the mental block that each individual builds in a period of time. I don’t completely blame the individuals; it’s more to do with the society! Why is it still true that people give birth until there’s a boy child born? (I don’t say it happens everywhere but yes, it’s still prevalent!). Why is it still true that people are not very serious about a girl’s professional career? Why is it that one’s guy friends don’t want the gal to be a part of the sports team because they think they’re gonna loose? Why is it that a gal is asked to shut up when two guys are talking or discussing? Why is it that guys think we are weak with General Knowledge?
An article titled The Hillary haters” published recently underscored this fact. Those men who were there to attack Hillary could not really explain to the article’s author why they felt so angry about her. More often than not, men (read MCP’s, not all u nice guys who respect women), don’t even know why they are doing it.
What’s so great about being a man? That you don’t have to face all the hardships we need to!! Or that you don’t have to be scared about any time of the day?
Well, I find no reason why a man has to misbehave or ill-treat a gal just because she is a gal! This blog came up also cuz I witnessed an incident that shouldn’t have happened! But, the point ‘m trying to make here is, feel superior for what u have done or achieved, not because you are born as a male!!
PS: No offence meant to any particular individual or sex, but to the mentality!
“Cuz most women are dumb”, replied ma friend immediately!
This was with reference to some remark he made about someone. Well, I pounced on him arguing about why we are not dumb and more intelligent than men! I began citing examples of our intelligence and the fact proving men being Chauvinists and rude and cheap and what not!
And, this friend of mine is proud to claim that he is an MCP and all of those who know me also know how strong a feminist I am. So the discussion was in vain as both of us refused to agree with the other. And then someone interrupted to change the topic which is a common scene every time we meet.
But, I sat back and thought about a lot of things related to our discussions. I was wondering if men enjoy being called Chauvinists! Is it like a status symbol, “Like you know I have a girl friend, Like you know I’m an MCP and proud to be one???????”
Is that how they try to prove they are more superior? Or is it a way of showing strength?
I keep wondering, why is it that men seeking to bond and avoid potential conflict, endless talk of women has always been the coin of the realm? In this discourse, of course, women are routinely “OBJECTIFIED”. While often restrained in the presence of the opposite sex, amongst themselves men giggle and leer over women who live up to some social standard of sex appeal, or the opposite of it.
It’s so easy for a guy to say, that girl is such a bitch!! She is this and that, she does this and that?? How much ever we talk about women equality, 21st century world and things of the like, fact still remains, “it’s a man’s world”! Holds true at least in India.
The other day, one of my friends was telling me how a man slapped his wife on the airport and created a scene. When an educated man doesn’t know how to respect women, I’m sorry but he doesn’t even have the rights to be called civilized!!
There is nothing that the MCP’s loathe more than ball-busting women, as they perceive them. It’s the insecurity that they might be overtaken by their opposite sex. It’s the mental block that each individual builds in a period of time. I don’t completely blame the individuals; it’s more to do with the society! Why is it still true that people give birth until there’s a boy child born? (I don’t say it happens everywhere but yes, it’s still prevalent!). Why is it still true that people are not very serious about a girl’s professional career? Why is it that one’s guy friends don’t want the gal to be a part of the sports team because they think they’re gonna loose? Why is it that a gal is asked to shut up when two guys are talking or discussing? Why is it that guys think we are weak with General Knowledge?
An article titled The Hillary haters” published recently underscored this fact. Those men who were there to attack Hillary could not really explain to the article’s author why they felt so angry about her. More often than not, men (read MCP’s, not all u nice guys who respect women), don’t even know why they are doing it.
What’s so great about being a man? That you don’t have to face all the hardships we need to!! Or that you don’t have to be scared about any time of the day?
Well, I find no reason why a man has to misbehave or ill-treat a gal just because she is a gal! This blog came up also cuz I witnessed an incident that shouldn’t have happened! But, the point ‘m trying to make here is, feel superior for what u have done or achieved, not because you are born as a male!!
PS: No offence meant to any particular individual or sex, but to the mentality!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
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