It was one of those cocktail
parties the Navy is famous for. The men
in their uniforms stood stiffly with their glasses in their hands and talked
shop. The women stood around in groups
and chatted desultorily. Suddenly, there
was fanfare and the Admiral got down from his car. He guffawed around with the officers and went
towards a group of women – “Ah! Women! It’s nice to be with them!” he boomed while
the officers respectfully and dutifully laughed at the so called joke. “That’s a beautiful saree you are wearing
madam and wow! That lovely necklace must
have cost your husband a year’s pay packet!”
Another round of laughter and the women smiled.
God! I fumed within, can’t these men think of
something other than inane statements on saris and jewellery to women! They
think that it’s their duty to compliment a woman – rather flatter her, as
that’s the only thing they understand!
Yes, very few men know how
to make conversation – good, sensible stuff!
The most favourite topic of course, is saris. If they run out of material on this six-yard
conversation opener, they go on to babies.
The more poetic ones will wax eloquent on nature or worse still the
physical assets of women.
I have yet to meet a man
whom I can talk to for five minutes, without getting bored. They have ceased to become interesting to
women. On the other hand, I’d rather
stick around with the women as they are all doing interesting things. Moreover, women are better at
conversing. They make it a point to find
out what interests the men they are speaking to and steer the dialogue to the
right channel. They show healthy
curiosity and get as much information on the subject, as they can. This way they widen their sphere of knowledge
and also get labeled as charming to boot.
On the other hand men are
more interested in their own profession or vocation and don’t think it
worthwhile to speak to the women about what they are doing! They just presume that a woman’s world is
infested with broomsticks and nappies.
Why can’t they be sincerely interested in her work and ask questions
which could make them wise? They are
laboring under the misconception that women like to be flattered!
Save us from these
flatterers. They are an insult to
womankind. They go on and on about such
trivialities like you look gorgeous or you are charming and such
other crap.
But no one can be as
disgusting as the man who makes light of a woman’s job. “Oh! You
are a doctor? Your patients will be
cured the minute you hold their hand – ha!
Ha! (Ugh!)” “ Engineer?
Not bad! What do you build? A home?
(Beast!) “A lawyer? I’m sure the judge will be mesmerized by your
voice and let you win your case!” (Oh! Yeah?)
“An executive eh? I’m sure you
manage your bosses pretty well” (stop it!)
“You are a publicity manager? Hey! All you need to do is stand at the door and
your company will get all its publicity!”
(I’ll scream). When I tell them
that I work for an engineering firm, their first question is “what’s a lady
like you doing in an engineering firm “?
Now tell me, men are working as product managers of sanitary napkins and
lipsticks – is that ok?
All said and done, men have
become utter bores. If I were marooned
on an island, I’d any day choose a woman for a cozy chat-about men!!
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