Re: Serial monogamy is the new norm..
Yikes.. I am yet to meet a woman like that.
But i think i agree to this to a certain extent. I’m not going to sugar coat this, I’m a strong, independent woman on most days (i do everything that i have to do, earn a living, take care of people, pretty much everythign that is expected of me) and then there are days where i feel like crap, and extremely exhausted so have smiled at the cashier to get out of long lines. I HAVE used my woman card on many an occasion when it suits me but i think it’s only in the smaller things. I don’t wait for men to come around and pick up my bags, or change the 5 gallon water bottle in the office all by myself. It’s another thing the men around me are gentlemen and DON’T LET ME do these things on most days. Alhmadullilah, i have always been surrounded by kind, gentlemen (cousins, father, brother, colleagues) who care a lot for my comfort but i wouldn’t think twice if they needed my help and required me to go out of my way to make an effort for them.
I think it’s a give and take. They are nice and civil to me, i am nice and civil to them. I open the door for the men on some days, i give them my chair and stand myself if need be (most of them look taken aback at a woman opening a door for them, but i guess they just have to get used to it) and then there are days where men do all this for me.
I believe a major part of the reason why i am like this is growing up in an environment where i have been very close with brother and all my male cousins. We didn’t have much of an age gap so we were all like buddies. They never gave a crap if i was female and we fought and played like normal people. I think that stuck with me as i grew up so i learned to accept men as “normal” people (not feeling a sense of entitlement over them) while being in my cultural limits (in our cultural, once a girl grows up, restrictions come pouring down; how to interact, limitations…all that fun stuff).
The women described in this article are the ones that think they are entitled to all good things in life. Work little, get what they want, be treated like princesses, say what they want, behave as they want and not expect any consequences. I say we need Equalism but with respect. It’s obvious women excel at some things while men excel at others. Let each do their own and be happy with it. Unfortunately it seems like a fictional idea at this point.