The Beast of Beauty
Unveiling societal norms: Beauty expectations tie women to impracticalities—long hair, flowing garments, uncomfortable footwear, and jewelry.
Gender
Female Bonding Vs Male Bonding
Yesterday I was thinking about snobbery. I sometimes tell people, “Some women are snobbish about looks, some about money…Me? I’m an intelligence-snob.” What that translates into, my dear men, (the women never need to have things explained in simplistic terms!) is what traits we consider the ‘differentiating factor’ between us…
Doomsday Predictions On Gender Roles
What if changing gender roles doesn’t lead us to utopia?
The Modern mEn
Having looked at all that the modern woman is going to be, lets look at what the modern men are going to be. Yes, you read that right…the modern womAn and the modern mEn. Because I think there will be multiple stereotypes to describe the kind of man attracted to…
The New Equation
Women, armed with education and ambition, are forging a new world. As pioneers, they reshape norms, impacting marriage, parenthood, and men’s roles.
Dedicated To The Man Component
For the men who’ve walked in and out of my lifeAnd trampled all over my heart and demonstrated just how tough it isFor the power struggles and conflictsAnd the reshaping of me that came from itFor the betrayals and insultsAnd the lessons I learnt from themFor the distances and wallsAnd…
The Modern Woman
Who is the Modern Woman?
A Gal’s Retort To The Guys’ Rules
I used to be one helluva firebrand. So of course my friends had to be people who enjoyed playing with fire. Once a guy friend forwarded a mail titled “Guys rules” to his entire address book with a comment “Now what?”. I took one look at it, started smoking at…
Female Bonding
Met an old childhood pal this weekend. A female friend.Looked in at a sale, saw the prices and raised serious doubts about the shop’s touch with realityEnacted a little charade to get another counter to exchange a lipstick that she changed her mind aboutBrowsed a bookshop and giggled over the…
Superwoman
The Superwoman origin story:
I am the only kid on the tree in pigtails
I am the daughter who will one day be the ‘man of the house’