Never let the (Wo)Man get you down.

This is probably one the most debatable pieces on my blog. It’s also going to be a very short piece at that. This basically puts the blame of the exploitation of women squarely on the shoulders of the woman.
Most ‘liberated’ women try and speak like Jack Black in School of Rock – “Don’t let the Man get you down”. Standing in the midst of the cackle that surrounds them, they have difficulties deciding on the real perpetrator. Little do they realize that the largest obstacle that stands in the way of their potential being fully realized is feminine. There is a stark difference in the culture, nay, the psyche of the women in the ‘free’ zone and those outside of it.
Last night, while travelling in a cab with a few women of varied ages I noticed an aberration in a ‘free yourself’ movement. One woman was trying to put the brakes on the other girls. She was trying her best to thwart the expression of their thoughts. Now, that is a difficult thought to live with. She was also noticeably behaving like she was stricken by some male chauvinistic disease. What I realized after a few moments of thought was that though the women of the rest of the world (outside the Indian subcontinent and the other arid places) have managed to create an identity outside of their association with men, we Indians are, at best, struggling to get to the half way mark.
The woman finally draws her own lines…That should always be the attitude…achievement in any field is no substitute for mental servitude. Yes, have a heart and your manners around you…even drape the cultural nine-yards around yourself but never…Never let the (Wo)Man get you down!