It’s time we admit it. Feminism means equality for women- yes, women, not men. Why, you ask? Because on a scale of 1 to 10, men are seen as a strong 10 (physically, mentally as well as morally) & women on the other hand must be a weak 8.
“Men are supposed to be responsible for earning.
Women are supposed to be responsible for taking care of the household.”
Hey, I just defined patriarchy to you. Now the problem, why patriarchy is a bad thing: because taking care of the household is seen as a lowly job to do as compared to earning, to take care of the same household.
Feminism- to bring women from an 8 to a 10.
Let’s break this down.
1. Physical strength
Women can never be as physically strong as a man. It’s biological; it’s science- a fact.
Men-1; Women-0.
Men can never be strong enough to go through the physical pains of menstruation, childbirth & menopause. Again, yay for biology.
Men-1; Women-1.
2. Morals
Sex, alcohol, drugs & cigarettes
A woman does too much of it, it is not ONLY hazardous to her health but also morally incorrect. Makes a woman of questionable character.
For a man, it’s only dangerous to his health- not his character, not his morality. Because it is social & everyone does it!
Men-2; Women-1
3. Capabilities
Two words- wage gap
Men-3; Women-1
4. Emotions
A man holds himself back from crying but a woman cries at the drop of a hat. Men ‘handle emotions better’.
Men-4; Women-1.
All the extra points, that is after the first fact, men have gotten- are due to the social construct of patriarchy.
Some women might be more capable than some men; while some men may be more capable than some women! That is exactly what feminism wants to establish. That we aren’t an 8; hell you aren’t a 10!
If we rank 6 people on the basis of their potential, here is what patriarchy suggests-
Rank1 Man
Rank2 Man
Rank3 Man
Rank4 Woman
Rank5 Woman
Rank6 Woman
Here’s what feminists want-
Rank1 Man/Woman
Rank2 Man/Woman
Rank3 Man/Woman
..And so on according to individual potential.
Judge for yourself.
Basically, we’re all the same- I may be more emotionally strong than a guy friend. While another guy friend could be emotionally stronger than me!
A girl commits a crime, goes to jail for 2 years; if a guy commits the same crime, he goes to jail for 10 years. Why? Because guys are a 10, women are an 8- remember? And this is how being ‘ahead’ of us can not just be an obstruction for us, but also for you. So, feminism is indeed for everybody.
Really, how hard was this again?
– Pragya Kapoor
