Re: Do single desi women live with family until marriage?
Your friend Jessica’s example doesn’t hold any weight here. Bring some real stats supporting your argument, if you have any. I do all of the things that Jessica does (except for driving an audi :P) I live with family and no one slaps me around. No sane reasonable family members would do that.
Your argument is really lame, who says women who live with families are not be financially and emotionally secure and independent? I wonder how many times Jessica and your other condo inhabiting friends were groped in public transport? Don’t say never, because no one is going to believe that.
And yes, women are forced to live alone. In the west children are expected to move out after a certain age, if they don’t its equated with ‘not growing up’.
I am a not against women living away from home for college or work. Women need to be strong , independent and able to look after themselves. It’s just that the culture shouldn’t dictate that they necessarily have to live away. However, the women(and men like you) have been brainwashed into believing that unless they live on their own they are missing something in life.
West is about self gratification, looking after yourself, providing for your own comfort, defending your own rights. There is a reason family life and society has fallen apart in the west. You can continue looking at it through rose coloured glasses if that makes you feel better but that doesn’t change the facts.