Monday, August 03, 2009

Dont blame them....

We all rave and rant so much abt wimmen lib / female rites etc and all that. But have we ever thought abt the fact that with every right there comes a responsibility and vice-versa. You can somehow never enjoy any great power with equal accountability or probably more. I being a regular head line reader of the news paper everyday can easily vouch for the fact that, although in our society the female torcher rate is pretty alarming. And that there are more physically and mentally abused wimmen in our society than one could keep a track off. But on the same hand the no of laws made and the kinda institutions available, to safeguard their interest is also not that meager in number.
And even though its hard to believe, there are men in our society who inspite of being tortured by their spouse equally, have no court/law/institution to go for respite. Cause A) there are no laws made as such for them. Not that I have heard off. And even if there are, nobody is aware of it,. B) who is gonna sympathize or believe these guys, when they tell you incidences of husband bashing. We all somehow come with the notion, that a wimmen is always the victim and man is a predator. This has been in grilled in us since ages may be since our conception. Agreed wimmen are more at the receiving end most of the times but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen with men atall.
I being strong feminist myself, fume at the thought of a man raising an eye-brow over a wimmen forget abt lifting his finger to hit her. But still I cant ignore the fact that there is a good percentage of male who are paying thru their nose, for respecting wimmen. This can be said with a better conviction cause I have seen incidences like this in real life. Whatever said and done, when we cry hoarse about equal rights for both men and women. How come we don’t practice it. Why are there separate rules for domestic violence when it comes to men and wimmen. Even a rape victim in our country is always sympathized first till the male proves otherwise. Why do we fail to understand that its not impossible for a wimmen to manipulate a situation at times. Its not rocket science to use a privilege given to you against someone else.
If this continues I wont blame guys for having to resort to being nasty and not being good with women if cornered in such a fashion. I think a point worth brooding.

2 comments:

Write Up My Alley said...

Also, in most cases where a husband is bashed, I guess the husband would be loath to testify / press charges against his wife to court as that would mean invting a heap of ridicule upon his head, what with the entire machismo / bravado story and all that. But oh yes - such incidences though not the rule, are quite a possibility - but perhaps discussed by males only in hush-hush tones.

Freudian-slip2006 said...

i agree...