Would a fellow be a feminist?
There is a crucial link missing in the unabated race for gender rights…the mass participation of and the individual involvement from the men folk. It is also the reason why this race is losing some of its momentum and heat, which only comes in waves of arising misdemeanors. After all, neither gender rights nor women’s issues are exclusive to women’s concerns.
In fact, if you think about it…in the past sixty odd decades since independence, a lot has changed for women. Can men say the same for themselves? Is their existence or development limited to sticking to a tradition that conveniently suffices their needs? You don’t have to be ‘queer’ to be involved in the dialogue and debate for gender/human rights. Being queer doesn’t even shed any degree/kind of masculinity from you that the “regular” guys so proclaim.
Okay, the pop psychologist in me would say that causes or social movements are healthy outlets for the historically and universally bottled up race of women. It is the one platform where they can speak out, wear their attitude or clothes they choose (literally!), with/without a perfect smile or the approval of a Sushmita Sen or Julia Morley. Essentially, they can choose to be non-conformists without being anarchists, though the dividing line can blur sometimes, much subject to interpretation.
But why is it that more college girls would spend their summers volunteering in NGOS that are mostly spearheaded by the prototype of a gritty, smart woman from a well educated bourgeoisie?
Where are all the good men??!! (Ironically, this question applies in any other given situation).
There may be many exceptions to discount this whole contention but if so, why are the female prototypes more visible than even the lack of a male prototype. Of the ones that I’ve mostly seen are men in the accountancy department.
Don’t enough men want to, “make a difference”? Are they more driven by personal ambitions of a corporate life or the security and power of the Government? Or are they just waiting till they become a celebrity to champion a cause like they would endorse a brand?
Not being a representative of the race, I can only raise these questions. I don’t have much of a premeditated reason for doing so and will need to look within for it. It is definitely not with any malice towards the women who’ve done and are doing the good work. Maybe it’s an appeal to the male folk to join in…not just to add another brick to the wall, built over the decades by the female prototypes, but a conscientious one (or 2, 3, 4…).
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