Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Desperate times call for desperate measuresWhen battling your eyelashes fail to bewitch a guy into doing anything for you, turn on your girl-next-door or I-could-be-your-sister-or-daughter charm full blast. If that still fails, don’t worry, the guy is probably gay with no siblings or kids. Besides by now, you’d probably realise you don’t really need his help after all.
I feel that it is very important to be self-reliant and I find it quite saddening to realise that I am one of those woman, or almost woman anyway, who feel that it is important to have a guy do things for me. That is why I have long since abandoned the idea of ever becoming a passionate feminist.
Sometimes, sub-consciously, when I walk with a guy and we approach a door, I’d naturally step aside and let him do the job. I caught myself doing that a few times and by the time I want to open it, there is already no need to. It is already opened—by a guy. And the thing is I realise I would never do that to a girl unless I am jesting. Should I feel ashamed of myself for my sexist thinking? That a man should always do things for a woman?
Pardon me, but I think the only reason why man are created by god, is to serve us women.
Just kidding. Lighten up, dude.
I am not ashamed of myself for feeling that a man should always do gentlemanly things for women. But, a woman should also learn to be self- reliant seeing that the world is evolving into a whole new next level, whereby in near future, there might be some confusing as to what the man should do and what the woman should.
Yup, so my advice to woman out there who are like me, learn to be self-reliant and learn it fast. Have no expectation of what a man should do (save yourself some misery and then some), and take whatever that comes your way.