mother, daughter, sister, wife, mother...
she is the womb which brings forth life. she is the godess who is ready to give all for her kids.
she is the woman!
a caption for a beauty peagent? no...these are the thougts which come to my mind, when i think of a women...
the fair sex? an object of sex? and of harrasment? yes, that is what she has become. a commoditiy to be sold in the marriage market, and at the brothels...the effect of globalisation? i wonder!
but i do not want to divert from the cause... To recognize Women's Day, a blogathon is being organized for Tuesday, the 7th of March 2006. Blank Noise is asking other bloggers to post about their experiences of sexual harassment - as a victim, perpetrator or bystander - at work, at home or in the public sphere. i got it from Sapphire's blog...and here, i take it up...and pls do check Jitu's blog... and strangely, it happens...
lost innocence?
she was six. innocent and naughty. the occassion, her cousins wedding. crowded house. she was tired before her parents could come to the rooms, she sleeps with her friends, along comes that friends dad, touching her at the wrong places...she is scared.sleep forgotten she walks out, dazed, finds her father and cries to sleep...the day of the wedding the child runs a high temparature, and fusses by wanting to be with her dad...all day thru..
she is 12. a brat to the core, but loveable. mingles freely with boys and girls. a cousin shows more interest, she feels a bit cold when she talks to him, she is learing to ride a scootter, he touches her on the "wrong" places. she freezes momentarily... and ends by falling off the scootter...she is a child no more. she feels herself unworthy...moves into a shell, withdrawn...
at 14. she has her first crush. she doesnt know how to tell it... but when he says it she accepts it...the first kiss, leaves her cold.. dead of feelings...
at 16...she keeps a safety pin ready to poke the mysterious grooping hand...she still had it when she started travelling by the buses in dubai. (the busses in dubai are comparitively safe in dubai folks)
summin it up: would like to qoute a male friend. "u know wat baby? the problem is some women like the snaking hand...so the male mind is programmed to try it given a chance."
It is for a women to tell that mysterious hand that it is unwanted. and i have done it.
Am glad more people are speaking up..Spark, NG, Sur,Savy ...and many more am sure will come up with their experiances....and to all of u out there....
Thanks nsya, for sharing the thought!
i will be happy if at least one person, in some part of the world, decides to control his/her urges after reading these post...
- Action Hero Maya
