I feel tired of crying hoarse, having repeated arguments, questioning the same flawed notions, but I am just not able to give up. It isn't that we are some lunatics screaming our lungs out because we have nothing else to do. But you have left almost nothing else for us to do. You treat your dog better than you treat us. You want to save the tiger because there are only 1411 left, but you do not realize we form half of the human population, but you still don't want to treat us like you treat the tiger. Go ahead. Save the tiger then.
I know you accept that rape is horrifying. I know you have accepted us in your workplace, in your classroom. You even sometimes work for some of us. You don't even stare or ogle the way some of your species do.But it isn't even about that. Why do you even have to steal a glance at us in that way that you know makes us uncomfortable? Why do you go to watch all those movies and laugh on all those jokes that you wouldn't crack on those of us who are dear to you? Why do you discuss us in whispers with more of your kind, in office, outside class? Why do we have to become a topic of discussion at all? Why is it still a big deal if we are smart and intelligent? Why do you still expect us on first judgement to be dumb, mute objects of beauty? I just ask, why?
This post started out as an outlet for my intense anger after watching this video http://nocountryforwomen.com/. But then, I thought those men who are on those videos aren't those who, in all probabilities would read my blog. So I went ahead and wrote to all those who I know will. The men I know; may be men I don't, but who are like the men I do. And hence, the tone changes even in this very short post.
