It’s a wild world, as per singers like Cat Stevens in the ’70s and Maxi Priest in the ’80s. Now it’s 2018 and it’s still wild, says author Ruchira Khanna. In this guest post, Ruchira explains her views on women’s struggles today and how in spite of the obstacles females still continue to inspire themselves and others.
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The Wild World
Life for all genders is similar to Solomon Grundy’s poem where there is birth, christening, and marriage, illness followed by death. But still, the challenges that life throws at each at every step of the way makes an individual cautious, scared, vigilant. Some dare to be adventurous, and gamble on the if’s and but’s that life throws at them while most of them want to follow the path their elders took more so since the end product was foolproof since they are the living examples. No doubt times are changing, and not all decisions could be dated to the eighteenth century.
Whether it is East or West part of the world; unfortunately, a woman is still considered a second-class gender thus, having to prove her mark in all aspects be it her safety, security, freedom, and success especially when she decides to quit baking cookies and step outside her home.
Even the Democratic candidate for President Hillary Clinton opened up:
“I had to learn as a young woman to control my emotions. And that’s a hard path to walk. Because you need to protect yourself, you need to keep steady, but at the same time you don’t want to seem ‘walled off.’”
As a woman, she had to work even harder than her husband did to reach that position.
Every year our planet rotates 365 times around the sun but sadly the mind of the man has yet to turn around as each girl is still trying to conform just to be able to survive and flourish in this wild world that is primarily governed by man and his massive production of testosterone that makes him macho and egocentric.
Some classic examples that have made history are:
- Berta Cáceres: Environmental activist and co-founder of Copinh (the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras)
- Aretha Franklin: Legendary singer and musician
- Betty Friedan: Feminist leader and author of The Feminine Mystique
- Noor Inayat Khan: World War II spy and member of the French Resistance
- Toni Morrison: The first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
- Lilly Ledbetter: Activist for women’s pay equality
- Amelia Earhart: The first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone
Should I add that despite the above challenges, the fairer sex continues to ignite and continue to strive to touch the stars.
I’m sorry I missed this when it came out! Sweet Ruchira! Now there is a wise soul if I’ve ever seen one. :) Loved her perspective and insights.
Beautiful guest post Ruchira. A woman’s work will never finished being done. :)
So true, dgkaye.
I guess that’s why we were created ;-)
I suppose so :)
Amazing!
Thanks Resa
Thank you for posting this. Should be known much more. Michael
Gracias OIKOS
If the world was filled with only men, I don’t think anyone will be alive today. Everyone will be dead due to war
Jeez! that would be a scary world, huh!
It’s a wild world, and we women keep it tamed! I laugh every day at the idea that men think they’re superior, when the female is the one who juggles life so much better in so many ways. And don’t even get me started with keeping in our emotions. WHY? Men are to be pitied for thinking they need to keep their emotions in. Being emotional is a sign of stability and smarts, of seeing the world in a multicolored lens of beauty and pain, acknowledging it all, and keeping on keeping on. Congrats to Ruchira Khanna!
Beautifully said, Roughwighting!
More power to women
xoxo
Ruchira, a thought-provoking piece on despite the many achievements and intellect, a woman has to prove herself at every end owing to silly rules and our archaic mindset as a society or community be it at home, social interaction or professional work.
Thanks Vishal
Christy, I couldn’t agree more with this post! Women still today must work so much harder to even be heard in this “still” male dominated world. How sad truly because women are the brains and the creativity behind the macho. Just today, to give you and example, I went toe to toe with a high pressure salesman trying to talk me into an agreement for quality merchandise with “rules attached”. Regardless of how good the quality or how much I really wished to buy, I said NO. I refuse to allow anyone to tell me IF I do something I have to follow THEIR rules. Um no! I’m still patting myself on the back with this. I squirm in my seat in confrontations like this. Not this time though. I’m so done with men who believe if they pressure a woman enough she will do exactly what they want her to do. Amen to that! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you Daughter-Jones. Glad you enjoyed it!
More power to women
xoxo
Keep up the great inspiration, Ruchira and Daughter-Jones! ♥