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I am am sorry for the essay ahead. But I had to get it off my chest.
I saw the movie Parched and it got me shook. I cannot put into the right words how that movie has affected me.
My life is obviously very different. I am highly educated, sheltered woman and I am not married.
I saw Parched, and it really shattered me personally. I felt so helpless as women and my ever present anger at men grew exponentially.
Its 2018 AD. Half of the world is so modern and the other half so down trodden. What is the reason behind the atrocities committed against women. Is it our physical weakness, is it because we give in , is it because men are lustful assholes, is it because men like to crush the weak, is it because it is a human tendency (men and women ) to take advantage of the weak,..
I don't know what it is. I think it is because we as Humans are inherently cruel and like to take advantage and destroy the weak , lets look at the examples..
We kill plants for food (atleast they don't have nervous system to feel pain, but they are alive and the most vulnerable in this chain). Then we mass kill animals , billions each year again because its an easy target and they cannot defend themselves and are weak..
Then lets look at human history - There were the native people who were killed for their land and wealth , then invaders invaded the weaker kingdoms , then the weaker caste was tortured , then slavery , then now its women..Actually somewhere along, women were always most harassed.
We women have always been kept down , psychologically , emotionally ,religiously by the society just because we are not that physically strong. Maybe we are strong, but our mind says no.
I don't know how true the movie Parched is , but it is true in some ways. Granted the women were shrouded in poverty and they were not educated.
But I see everyday , women who are educated , earning independent and strong, also suffering in some way or the other. Whole world is like that, not just India.
In work place , at home , on the streets I feel attacked. This fear has created lot of insecurity amongst women and that is one of the reasons (in my opinion) that women create problems for other women , in order to survive. And men are not helping this. They pit us against each other, because I feel somewhere they are scared (again my opinion). What if women realised they are not weak after all, what if women stood up for themselves.
I am not saying, it can change over night, but we have to support each other as women. We have to do it. Already we are at a long war. We do not want betrayers amongst ourselves.
I am not a man hater. There were and are so many great men in the history and today who have fought for women's rights and I 110% respect that and grateful for that, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here expressing my opinions.
This forum is about Bollywood, and I see some people thrash an actress, her dressing style, her face , her body , her acting , her choices etc. I mean why are we doing this. Isn't this so disturbing.
IN HW too , people are mocking actresses who are now coming out now about their harassment stories. Atleast they had the guts and power to come out now. Instead of respecting that, people mock. Most disturbing is few percent of women also mock them.
We have to have to support each other in every small and big manner or else, we are up against half of the world who wants to walk all over us.
PS : If you have read till here. Thank you. Please don't bash me or you can bash me, but I have written this out of anger , frustration and disbelief at our history and present society.
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