I was just now watching a brilliant teen show about women
empowerment. It’s called ‘Halla Bol’ on Bindass, and it’s a brand new one. It
got me to thinking…the message that they’re trying to convey that women should
stand up for themselves. They shouldn’t just tolerate, but actually speak out
when a crime is committed against them. These messages spread like wildfire
ever since the heinous Delhi gang rape case. We still see so many powerful female
personalities fighting for women’s rights and equality each and every day. But
here’s what’s going on in my mind. As much as women try to fight for their
rights, I see so many women putting each other down, being catty, insulting
each other, back biting, or just plain being mean. So you’re basically just a walking
hypocrite if you think someone like you is fighting for women’s rights.
‘Mean
girls…’ I honestly loved that movie! Not so much when it happens in my own life
though. I don’t know what it is about women. They just to love to put each
other down just to build their own self-esteem up a bit. Again, I’m not
generalizing, but I will say for the very firs time I’ve experienced that
cattiness within women. According to me, girls can be very sensitive and
insecure of their possessions or skills, perhaps because society has molded them
in that way. In Indian society especially where women are often seen as second
to best, or inferior, girls are constantly fighting to prove themselves. Thus,
when somebody else who’s seen as a threat comes along, girls do anything in
their power to put that person down, whether it’s spreading rumors, mocking one
another, or back biting!
That
brings me to the next point: gossip. Girls have a tendency to talk a LOT. It’s
what we love doing in our past time. Not every girl of course! But especially
those who have absolutely nothing to do on a daily basis. When their minds are
blank (or jobless as it’s called in India), girls will dig for things to talk
about to make their lives more interesting. I have never experienced this with
any of my friends abroad, because we never had the time! Unfortunately, that’s
not the case here, where girls literally sit around in circles and just talk
about how ugly she looks, what a show off she is, or how she goes around with
that guy. I mean, WHO CARES?! Live life for yourself. Stop digging into other
people’s lives! I get it…my life is more interesting than yours to talk about
it all the time but c’mon gimme a break!
But
enough of all this negativity. The point I’m’ trying to get at is women need to
stop attacking each other, and instead have each other’s backs! We all go
through the same problems, so why not stand up for each other for once?! I
mean, all these Bollywood actresses endorse products or run campaigns promoting
women’s rights, but there are so many insecurities they have against each
other! You can notice the rifts between Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra
whenever they talk about each other in ‘Koffee With Karan.’
You
can advertise and promote about women’s rights as much as you want, but it
doesn’t make you any better than those criminals if you yourself can’t respect
other women. Us girls need to stick together. We need to love and respect each
other first. Smile. Give a random compliment. Hug each other. Show that you are
with each other. Only then can we really gain justice in the struggle to women’s
rights and empowerment.
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