Thursday, May 12, 2005

Way to go, Women!

Women amaze me.

Before the women reading this hurtle stick and stones in my direction, just hear me out. I'm on your side.

To think what women are capable of is stunning. Females (of all species in general) can do the single biggest thing which males (of their respective species) will never be able to do. They give birth. That is singularly the most miraculous & magnificent achievement of life. And to be able to do this so easily (wait, dont scream), so predictably & so beautifully is something none of us other life forms will EVER be able to do.

Women today, in general, nurse kids, run their homes, take care of the food, make the house a habitable place while their kids (and in my case, the husband as well) run amok wreaking everything in sight. And they work. To provide their kids a stable, secure & as happy as possible a life as they can afford.

What do men do? Our only claim to fame, for ever, has been that we're the hunters. The ones who get the food & help make the home a better, safer place. Well, people, look around. Women are doing that exact same thing today along with their other job at home. And they are doing an admirable job.

So when the English language coined the phrase "the weaker sex", I wonder where they got the idea from. Women are far stronger than we men will ever be. Any man who has seen his partner go thro labor pains during delivery will vouch for this. The pain they endure to create life is something that I cannot ever imagine, only watch as a spectator, completely in fear (for her safety) & awe.

Maybe that's why we call her Mother Nature. The one who gives life, provides for all, and in her fury can obliterate everything in sight.

Way to go, Women. Keep discovering new frontiers with that great feminine instinct of yours. Something that we men in our shortsighted behaviour will never be able to do.

The world is yours. It always has been.

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