Glory to the girl

is today and what do guys really think about girls? How I have tried to read women along the lengths of my life. Of course, there is the against Street Harassment or eve-teasing in plain terms. I have sometimes wanted to be a girl for the sake of knowing the other side. Thanks to my amma and Abi, it has been easy to grow up with a respect for the girl. At the cost of risking the ire of the girls here, teasing is an easy word and there is plenty of harmless teasing where the girls also enjoy the fun. The fun goes away when it becomes harassment.

Street harassment is very common thanks to the growing-up environment of the majority and the general apathy towards the victims in the society. It has been a really long time since we became prude thanks to the cultural invasions over the years. There will always be a few perverts in any society, but for the majority to behave in this manner means a moral weakness. Awareness or punishment is a short-term solution and clearly it requires primary education and parental nurture to make sure that the next generation does not stoop to such evil behaviour.

I have seen several instances as portrayed in ‘Boys’. I have listened to several stories like a true voyeur. I have known what it means to be felt in a crowded MTC bus. Is it fear or is it my morals that keep me away from such vulgar behaviour? If the ‘victim’ is willing to be party to my ‘evil’ activity, will I do it? One guy who did such a nasty thing told me it was so natural for him. How easily he justifies it. Violation of my private space is very disturbing to me. How can it be natural or fun when some pervert plays with my balls or abuses his power? Having several good friends in the other sex helps to a good extent. But there are the Jekyll and Hyde cases too who behave differently in different circumstances.

I am in awe of the girl for several good reasons. Girls are mini-mummies. Their selfless love is so amazing. I keep wondering if I can be as nice as so many girls are. How versatile they have been and how caring they are. It takes me a lot of effort to even think about caring and it all comes so naturally to them. Yes, glory to the girl for everything she does…