No, a GOOD Man is not a Myth!
I have been sarcastic & vague in all my approaches as a feminist, perhaps. My feminism has been always been poured in form of rants & puns & ridiculous remarks, mostly.
But not this time.
This time I will use the same power of words for same purpose in some other way for some other people. Because unlike loads of words depicting anger over what happened with few of those who belong to same group as I do, I am hoping to uphold the pain of the opposite group. In simpler words, while it burns my eyes watching & reading news reports about sexual harassments, rapes, molestations, eve-teasing and all these vulgar acts, I feel disgusting by the fact that the culprits are few motherfucking assholes and with them are ashamed & blamed a million others as well!
A good man is not a myth.
They genuinely exist around us.
They are those who don’t show fake mannerisms or quote feminist equality quotes or some similar bullshit. Those who don’t consider females as some different tribe of homo-sapiens but just another similar human being as they themselves are. Those who have similar hormones & a penis, but just a different outlook. Those who make us feel normal & natural, when they are around. Those who don’t guide us about precautions but instruct us with ways to deal with it. Those who won’t show their masculine powers by fighting with a cheap-rascal passing nasty comments on us, but instead ask us to throw back a punch at them. Those who make us realize how powerful we are instead of saying, “Aise logo ke muh mat logo, ignore karo.”
Don’t get me wrong at this. Precaution is indeed better than cure. But precaution also means staying in constant fear that something might happen wrong. And fear in any form is detrimental. It stops you from living a good life.
Like say, you are out with your girl-gang in some favorite clothes and instead of looking at camera lens & posing; you get cautious of some preying eyes. Or instead of thinking about your day ahead at office while commuting in a rickshaw, you check upon rickshaw wala constantly. Or when you go out for shopping, you get all cautious about trial rooms & its fittings. It is this fear that deprives you of happiness. Now think of it the other way, when you are brave to deal with those scoundrels. Then however short & apparently attention-seeking your skirt might be, your courage & confidence will equally checkmate their sucked up mentalities.
I know it is not easy.
Nor am I brave enough to do what I stated here, every time I face such situations.
But believe me, it is more of mental strength that is required & not muscle-power. Step up. Be that wonderful woman that you once dreamt to be. Don’t consider your parents as orthodox when they stop you from wearing a short-top; rather make them confident that their daughters are brave enough to face situations. And at same time, as we are educated females, so even take a step to instigate a spark in those females who aren’t.
And please, don’t make a man feel ashamed of being a man. Realize the fact that alike us, even they get humiliated when some assholes become beasts and do what occurred in Bangalore on 31st December or in New Delhi on 16th December or elsewhere in every part of world about which you can find in everyday news headlines!
So true...it's all about mentality..really! They make us feel safe!
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