Let’s talk about oppression and subjugation
Let’s talk about suffering and grief
The curtailment of her basic human rights
Think of a woman who not only sustains abuse
But accepts, supports and stands up for it
A mere embodiment of the most powerful person —
her oppressor, her persecutor, the maltreater
Tainted with the same dark motives,
Ominous and foreboding, gloom and doom
Thrusting them back to their burrows
How far will she go to bring those down?
Who are struggling,
Who refused to give in,
who refused to be lessened and minimized
?
Will she cramp their style?
Her only qualification?
She could be worse
Let us talk about her persecution
Her emancipation
Her degradation
That’s the worst of it, I guess. Women acting on behalf of the oppressors, thinking of all those impositions as their ornaments and forcing the younger ones into following and adhering by them. Beautiful poem, relevant thought. :))
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Thank you so much, Sundaram. I appreciate your view. Yes, I have watched this inhumane, disgraceful and deplorable practice keep going on in society. More often than not such women seem to have the desire to control others lives like a parasite sucks life away from it’s host and thrust them into the dark tunnel of abuse rendering them helpless only to feel the sense of power. I have seen and experienced it. The more other person is in pain and difficulty, the more they enjoy and what is it that they enjoy after all? That they can give them their verdict despite their total lack of the ability to empathise or have gumption in order to help someone. Obviously, they are not running NGOs for women, not writing books, not having strong ideals but gossiping about who is right who is wrong and doing someone worst here thwarting and discouraging someone there. They might sound imbecilic but it’s always easy to stick to your old toxic pattern than think new thoughts, learn something new and putting it into practice. Thanks again for your valuable feedback. 🙏
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And thank you for raising these issues. We all see them in practice around us daily. Keep inspired. 🙏🍀🙏
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Thank you so much. 🙂 🙏
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Hi Smita
There are so many platforms which vociferously advocate the cause of women emancipation but often they dry out as soon as backs are turned . What we require is to spread awareness among women who are exploited and give them strength and support to understand that they can overcome the challenges and succeed.👌👌👍👍👍
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Yes, I totally agree with you. Thank you for your valuable opinion Veena.
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Yes continuous and relentless effort .
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