This isn't exactly a feminist tirade, but this is written by a woman, and it is written in annoyance. You raise your girls to be sweet, strong, and independent. (Wise parents teach their children to listen to opinions and discard or heed accordingly. The other ones just teach their kids to bullshit everything that everyone says. Still others bring up girls to be on guard and forget that spine so that everyone thinks well of them. I am not sure which is worse, but I detest people shoving their opinions down other people's throats in a show of liberation, so I'll lean towards the former. But only slightly.) As the gender construct of being a 'female' is pushed even further, you teach your daughter complicated activities – driving, perhaps, sending them off away from home, wearing a sari (those freaking pleats!), cooking and de-veining prawns for added advantage. At the end of that, you have a person who genuinely dislikes blending into anything, doesn't like bei...
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surely more, we must try
for firsts and seconds, this ain't the time
'cos numbers today aren't worth a dime
today and yay, we must better
she's entered the biggest theater
so join me, let the poetry flow
worry not, if it's too slow
poets we aren't by profession
but surely it's a worthy occasion
phew! sorry about that mukta :). congratulations! wish you both a great time together.
cheers,
asuph
congrats!!
got engaged in a newly painted house? ;)
Jay Sun
(http://moirealitybites.blogspot.com/)
Blythe
Many Congratulations. Havent been here for ages, been in a long meeting with my real life!
Good Luck.
Or does his torture stop at the engagement?
R
-Leziblogger
Thanks!
Hello R,
What would you prefer? he he!
hi lezi,
Thanks!