- Hear all through your life phrases like “It is not for you”, “You can’t do this”, “Who do you think you are”
-
Resign to the fact that you will be judged
o
Constantly and continuously, for no fault of
yours.
-
The dress you wear defines your character
-
Footsteps behind you make you nervous
-
Bleed every month for 3 to 5 days for 35
years of your life and not breathe a word about the inconvenience
o
Face discrimination within the family and
society for associated taboos due to the above mentioned biological fact
o
Suffer the cramps and the pains due to the
same
-
Listen frequently that honor and family
prestige is placed on your genitals
-
See another person of the same competency (or
lower) draw a different (higher) salary
just because of “gender”
-
Carry another life inside you, nurture it,
give birth
-
Feed the child – not from a cup, not from a
supermarket shopping – by and from yourself
-
Cook three meals a day, almost every day of
the year, for 75% of your adult life
o
And listen to comments about the poor quality
of the food
-
Get used to not finding a decent restroom
while on the road
-
Acknowledge that sexual intercourse will be
wielded as a weapon
-
Accommodate and tolerate patriarchy in all
its vile versions
-
When people share household chores and call
it “helping” you, learn to accept it.
o
And demonstrate that you are grateful for the
same
o
Announce and highlight in every social
gathering such “noble” acts
-
Get ready to be told by your children that
you know nothing
o
Or less than the father.
o
Or the uncles.
o
Or even the neighbors.
-
Even after understanding all such ignominies,
treat your daughter different from your son!
The
next time when a man finds the urge to do some mansplaining or enters a
discussion on women by women uninvited or feels the urge to lecture women
about women, it shall be a good idea to
go through this list once.
Bob
Marley needed to repeat 8 times “Everything's gonna be all right” in his song
asking a woman not to cry.
Trust
men to interpret that seminal song to mean “if there is no woman there is no crying
in this world”.
🤦
