Men are from Hell, and Women Unknown

(DISCLAIMER: This entry is solely based on the imagination, thoughts and reflection of the writer. It bears no relations, to any other works by other authors, male chauvinist pigs or their support group, woman rights' groups, civil rights' groups, religious groups, fathers' groups, mothers' groups, graduate women's groups, et cetera*. )

Lets' face it! We live in a world that is so powered by knowledge we have the demand of equal rights' and opportunities by our womenfolk. And as men, we know we cannot deny them further of this right, however wronged we feel.

Allow me to start with our womenfolk... (afterall, its always the traditional me, and ladies' first was what I was taught!)

Please raise your hands if you have not gone through education and reading this; oh, no one? Education has become an essential in each of our lives, most who aren't working, would be in a cycle of learning something in a structured and safe environment of their ivory towers in school.

Yet, it is the same education that has caused so much confusion in gender roles (and probably differences/ orientation?!). Like how I've said many times to many around me, 'Be a woman in the 21st Century is not easy'.

Of course it is not easy. After putting a girl in most developed country through school for some almost twenty years of her life getting a Degree to be prepared for her contribution to the economy/ work force. You are surely not expecting her to stay at home and take care of the have kids, take care of them, do the mopping, laundry, cooking, make babies, have more kids...

Yet, it is still an expected role and function of her from not just her '21st Century' husband, but also her in-laws (while they still are, before becoming out-laws eventually).

There will be very few ladies these days that will be willing to give up their careers for their family; c'mon, if she wanted to be a homemaker (politically correct!) ; she wouldn't have gone through the Rat Race of the education system, sucked into it and then stay at home after struggling so much.

She has to now balance the empowerment of knowledge (through education) that 'liberates' her to contribute to society in terms of employment and work, and her role as a good wife!

She will demand equal rights as her husband; that he has to do household chores too, or at least, together with her. She will not be able to cook much anymore, because they know that most chefs are men.

She will want a level platform to stand with her husband, higher why not, because there is meritocracy!

Half a chance, she'd think she's as powerful as her husband, or even more; not leaving any place for grace to come in, for the masculine role to rise and lead. Well, I doubt some of them ever thought it existed anymore.

Question: Then why are you always looking for some knight in shining armour? You probably need a henpeck with a shining (receding) forehead.

Men. Honestly, we don't know much (better) either.

Please raise your hand if you have thought each time a woman repeats herself, that she is nagging! Oh, everyone?! Drats, why did I ask in the first place.

Get over it guys, we need to be told what to do all the time because we have become lost in our identity and roles too. Education. We are so caught up with racing in our rat race of the system we forget we have to rise up and take charge of our lives and families too.

We are, of course, taught equal rights' and opportunities; and we actually subscribe to it. We have forgotten the fact that ladies would not be screaming for equal rights' if we had actually treated them with respect!

Why would they want to be simply equal to us, if we gave them the privilege of RESPECT and HONOUR? Won't equal rights' be a mere lack of ambition?

We are stuck-in-the-mud with thoughts that are clouded with chauvinism and ego, having problems letting a lady wearing pants in the office telling us what to do. We do have a problem accepting changes of the role of women today.

The role of the hardy woman has gone far beyond child-bearing, child-rearing, home-making, husband-serving. She is now empowered with knowledge to be a greater contribution to the knowledged-based economy. May I also add, plus the 'child-bearing, child-rearing, home-making, husband-serving'.

We still expect them to everything, but they (the women) are the ones who'd be expecting!

And we are soooooo tired from work are expanded even before a simple word of gratitude was expressed.

Sometimes I quite can't explain why some women worry about not getting married, considering the 'demotion' from being the Ruler of her life, to the queen of her husband's kingdom, to the expansion of her Job Description.

Trust me, women won't demand further for whatever rights' once we (MEN) make right the wrongs done towards them.

If only men could see beyond the loss of 'pride/ego/stature' and appreciate women, as the upholding gender of the human race. Treating them with respect for their contributions to keep the home in place, honouring them for their contributions to the economic world. There won't even be a need for what Woman's Rights'.

That would have been taken care of by us; MEN.

Question: Now we quite know why the ad goes.. 'And the men don't get it..'? We probably don't!

Well, like I said, Men will indeed be from hell if we don't do anything about it, but I have no idea where women are from. Smallville?

* the list is not exhaustive, if I missed you, honestly, I'm not really all too apologetic!