Centuries have come, and centuries have gone, but
our plight in our country does not seem to change. Is it because we are seen as
a possession or an item instead of a human being. I don’t know!
Time has helplessly watched us suffering in the
form of discrimination, oppression, exploitation, degradation, aggression,
humiliation. We are supposed to have occupied
importance in Vedas, but what I ask is not any worship but respect and
equality.
We have been
subjected to what not, yet at times we keep quiet, not that we are weak, it is
just to avoid humiliation or maybe protect ourselves from further harm. We are
vulnerable at times, I do agree, but we have a stronger will and intellectual
power than you possess. Yeah, do you
know who I am?
I am your
mother who gave birth to you, I am your sister who protected you from bullies
in the school and shared everything I had, I am your wife, your better half, and
I am your daughter who idolizes you. But before that don’t you forget, I am a
woman.
I am woman,
but dear men, this is what I want to tell you.
Dear men,
Respect and honour every women in your life. I
agree, human desires needs to be satisfied, but raping women is a crime and
disgrace to your existence. She maybe a prostitute, but don’t you dare rape her,
because you have no right to. Before you
even think of eve teasing a girl walking on the road, think what you would have
done if that girl were your own mother, sister or wife, this may sound harsh,
but would have broken the other man’s bones for doing such a thing. Punishment’s
the same for everyone, so I suggest if you don’t want to break your bones don’t
eve tease or molest. Because this time, it will be the women folk who will be
breaking your bones. And to all the policemen out there, every girl that comes
to the station, please treat them with something called compassion and don’t aggravate
their already existing unbearable pain, I demand it not request it. And for all
those god men and politicians who think ladies with miniskirts or tight dresses
attract men, then I would say that is why the institute of marriage exists. And
if you see any incidents of crime against women, please open up, don’t turn a blind eye on the brutalities.
There exist
also crime against women by women. Shocked? Don’t be.
So to all
those women,
Dear women,
Don’t treat
another woman as a rag doll, because she isn’t one. All of us are born human,
so empathy and compassion is the least one could expect.
The least I
could say is I am a woman, and your freedom ends at the tip of my body.