Are you with me on these?

I received a whatsApp message recently that proclaimed "where the society is headed" and it had a small video clipping of Three girls secretly trying to enjoy a bottle of beer. Then I also received a handful of images and posts that claimed "Men will always be Men" wherein the husband liked his Whiskey more than his wife and a image / post on a disgusting lament that Men are made to pay more to get alcohol from tasmac. Now does alcohol know if the consumer is man or woman? Will it hurt less if men consume alcohol? Will it hurt women more if they consume? Obviously not. So why the hell there is discrimination? Apparently the answer lies in the piled up Stereotyping tendency of men folk and to categorize women in neat compartments (suiting to their convenience) I fail to understand the Indian male psychology of always wanting to dominate the women folk in every respect - socially, economically, physically, emotionally etc etc. And again the root cause of this s...

While we pat ourselves on the back for celebrating women's day, little do we realize that by isolating and specifically talking about women's virtues is one of the chief reasons for women's continued apathy in this country. Our society can be considered evolved and gender neutral ONLY if women are able do what they please in the society WITHOUT the probing and judgmental views of the men folk ( and sections of women folk as well ). An evolved society will not have different set of social expectations for men and women. The root cause of such disparity and skewed expectations on women stems right from childhood where women are expected to behave in specific manner - childish, coy, submissive, quiet, passive etc. Whereas men can get away with any outrageous acts in the society that are perhaps not illegal, but just short of that. Why is this disparity? Why would the society look at any young women as a matter of curiosity and set preconceived expectations of them? Wh...