When alone late at night, I regularly check behind my shoulder, just to be sure I'm not being followed.
The frequent tugs my skirt gets, just to make sure I'm not exposing more than they can handle.
Men and women are equal.
Everytime I utter the word 'period', my voice unknowingly lowers in decibels.
If ever someone hears me, the cringe conveys I'm dirty, for lack of a better term.
Men and women are equal.
The sanitary napkins in the medical store are kept in full display, but when I carry one back home, they are obscured.
Almost like a birthday gift wrapped in brown paper that I get every month.
Men and women are equal.
My brother leaves no note and comes back home only when the cock crows, nobody bats an eye.
My phone gets incessant calls from a concerned mother and an anxious father when it's quarter to ten, and I'm yet to reach home.
Men and women are equal.
When I decide to perform a particularly difficult surgery, they tell me it needs too much strength.
Transfer the case to a male doctor, it will be easier for him.
Men and women are equal.
Shrouded women and ostentatious men are a thing of the past.
Feminism is an urban drama, only to attract unnecessary attention under the pretext of big burly women, carrying placards, demanding rights.
Men and women are equal!
Men and women are equal!
Maybe saying it often will make us believe it, will make it come true.
Because my rational mind agrees to disagree.
Patriarchy has left the society, but society still clings to it like a child to his pacifier.
Like several other things we deny the existence of, inequality exists too!
So we can either keep clouding our ears with lies, or we can accept it and persevere to change it.
Men and women ARE equal, it is about time the society learns to act like it.
The frequent tugs my skirt gets, just to make sure I'm not exposing more than they can handle.
Men and women are equal.
Everytime I utter the word 'period', my voice unknowingly lowers in decibels.
If ever someone hears me, the cringe conveys I'm dirty, for lack of a better term.
Men and women are equal.
The sanitary napkins in the medical store are kept in full display, but when I carry one back home, they are obscured.
Almost like a birthday gift wrapped in brown paper that I get every month.
Men and women are equal.
My brother leaves no note and comes back home only when the cock crows, nobody bats an eye.
My phone gets incessant calls from a concerned mother and an anxious father when it's quarter to ten, and I'm yet to reach home.
Men and women are equal.
When I decide to perform a particularly difficult surgery, they tell me it needs too much strength.
Transfer the case to a male doctor, it will be easier for him.
Men and women are equal.
Shrouded women and ostentatious men are a thing of the past.
Feminism is an urban drama, only to attract unnecessary attention under the pretext of big burly women, carrying placards, demanding rights.
Men and women are equal!
Men and women are equal!
Maybe saying it often will make us believe it, will make it come true.
Because my rational mind agrees to disagree.
Patriarchy has left the society, but society still clings to it like a child to his pacifier.
Like several other things we deny the existence of, inequality exists too!
So we can either keep clouding our ears with lies, or we can accept it and persevere to change it.
Men and women ARE equal, it is about time the society learns to act like it.
