No ma’am we do not believe that the world is made to “please us, our sensibilities and our sexual fantasies”. But we all want people around us to be good looking don’t we? I do not know a single girl who would not mention “good looking” as the 1st or the 2nd criterion as a must for the guy of her dreams. So please take it as it was, just a genuine response to an innocent question and not an attempt to malign women in any way. And yes we were talking about physical beauty alone at that juncture and not the inner beauty that we ALL possess.
The next objection raised was about the “rotiyaan belna” comment made by Palash Sen. Dear ma’am, since you confessed that you did miss out on the order of things that happened, I consider it my duty to remind you his complete statement. He said “ladkiyaan tumhare liye rotiyaan belengi aur tum unke pair dabaoge” in almost the same breadth. And till the time of writing this article I did not hear any guy complaining about the “pair dabana” comment. Yes I totally agree that girls are not made to cook food and I am all for gender equality in the kitchen. But hey, are we made to dabaofy pair of women? Or is it that girls find rotiyaan belna demeaning and guys find pair dabaana rewarding? I leave that question for all to answer themselves but as for me, I do not find any of it demeaning or rewarding.
“You have to agree that men are more intelligent than women” you quote these words of his which, I must agree sound sexist. Well similarly our Gods killing our demons sound unfair or a judge sentencing a man to death sounds murderous. Why? Because they are all quoted out of context! If you take the whole episode into consideration, you will realize that he was referring to the skewed gender ratio in IIT Bombay which shows that more men have made it to IIT than women which may give an impression that men are more intelligent. And that is what he was referring to! But you choose to mislead readers by quoting something completely out of context.
“God is also a man” you say? In that case I should stop praying to all the devi’s we consider supreme. Poor Maa Laxmi has been spreading wealth and poor Maa Saraswati has been spreading knowledge and Maa Kali destroying evil. All in waste! Tch tch…
I completely agree that women are meant for larger things, to pursue their goals and not to look beautiful for the sake of others. Sadly, I now learn that they are not meant to enjoy good humor in a festival meant for entertainment. And that is purely disappointing. Don’t remember when was the last time a guy felt “offended” by a joke cracked on him. Oh and before you ask, there are many floating around through whatsapp.
… Continued in part 3…
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