FRAILTY, thy name is women. It is a famous line from Shakespeare’s tragic drama ‘Hamlet’. Are women weak as said by Shakespeare? It is certainly a controversial matter. If there were feminist writers like Simon de Beavoir, Kate Millett, Julia Kristeva, Shakespeare would have to wrangle with them for calling them frail.
Modern women do not like to be called feeble. They think they are as strong as their male counterparts.
Since the ancient time, many philosophers and scholars have been writing on women. They have described women from different angles. But modern feminists decry them for adopting a patriarchal view. They say human history, language, culture and literature are biased against women. Because it is men who wrote history and made language. They lashed at Aristotle because he defines women as an incomplete creature. Feminists rebuff Freud because he claims that female sexuality is shaped by ‘penis-envy.’
Until the late 19th century, men regarded their sperm as the active seeds, which give form to the waiting ovum. Man said the ovum lacks identity till it receives the male’s impress.
Feminists latter established anti-thesis and described the ovum as daring, independent and individualistic rather than pathetic. They described the sperm as conforming and sleeplike rather than enthusiastic.
From a male perspective, it is hard to answer the question: what is woman? For man, she appears an enigma. Are they weak or strong? Powerful or powerless? Many identify women with the qualities of tenderness, lovability, cowardice, honesty and sympathy. At the same time, women are found strong, cruel and dishonest.
Going by the lives of heroic women such as Arch of John and Laxmibai there are no reasons to call women weak and timid.
At the same time, their aesthetic and erotic power has been a cause in the fall and rise of many nations and civilisations. Many rulers have bowed down before their beauty. Many poets and authors have surrendered their pens to their aesthetic qualities. Historians say that the great Chinese emperor Changez Khan became a slave before his queen. Ancient Greeks and Troys fought just for Helen. Draupati was one of the causes for Mahabharat Yuddha.
Throughout the human history, women’s sexual appeal has left societies extolling and fighting over it. They have exploited men with this appealing power. This has taken them at the pinnacles of success. And at the same time, this has brought their tragedy.
In the era of electronic and IT boom, their beauty has received more limelight. With the advent of rugged individualism and consumerism, their beauty has become a medium for businessmen to boost their business via advertisement. Now without women, there are no effective ads. Many women see this as an opportunity to uplift their career.
With the coming of the modern and post-modern era, women especially of the western parts want to prove that they are cocksure, not hensure. But as English novelist D.H. Lawrence says this cocksure attitude has brought more despair and less happiness in their life. Many cocksure women have been separated form their husbands. Their children have suffered as a result. The family has been broken. So, what do our fairer lots want—to be cocksure and uncomfortable or to be hensure and comfortable?
Modern women do not like to be called feeble. They think they are as strong as their male counterparts.
Since the ancient time, many philosophers and scholars have been writing on women. They have described women from different angles. But modern feminists decry them for adopting a patriarchal view. They say human history, language, culture and literature are biased against women. Because it is men who wrote history and made language. They lashed at Aristotle because he defines women as an incomplete creature. Feminists rebuff Freud because he claims that female sexuality is shaped by ‘penis-envy.’
Until the late 19th century, men regarded their sperm as the active seeds, which give form to the waiting ovum. Man said the ovum lacks identity till it receives the male’s impress.
Feminists latter established anti-thesis and described the ovum as daring, independent and individualistic rather than pathetic. They described the sperm as conforming and sleeplike rather than enthusiastic.
From a male perspective, it is hard to answer the question: what is woman? For man, she appears an enigma. Are they weak or strong? Powerful or powerless? Many identify women with the qualities of tenderness, lovability, cowardice, honesty and sympathy. At the same time, women are found strong, cruel and dishonest.
Going by the lives of heroic women such as Arch of John and Laxmibai there are no reasons to call women weak and timid.
At the same time, their aesthetic and erotic power has been a cause in the fall and rise of many nations and civilisations. Many rulers have bowed down before their beauty. Many poets and authors have surrendered their pens to their aesthetic qualities. Historians say that the great Chinese emperor Changez Khan became a slave before his queen. Ancient Greeks and Troys fought just for Helen. Draupati was one of the causes for Mahabharat Yuddha.
Throughout the human history, women’s sexual appeal has left societies extolling and fighting over it. They have exploited men with this appealing power. This has taken them at the pinnacles of success. And at the same time, this has brought their tragedy.
In the era of electronic and IT boom, their beauty has received more limelight. With the advent of rugged individualism and consumerism, their beauty has become a medium for businessmen to boost their business via advertisement. Now without women, there are no effective ads. Many women see this as an opportunity to uplift their career.
With the coming of the modern and post-modern era, women especially of the western parts want to prove that they are cocksure, not hensure. But as English novelist D.H. Lawrence says this cocksure attitude has brought more despair and less happiness in their life. Many cocksure women have been separated form their husbands. Their children have suffered as a result. The family has been broken. So, what do our fairer lots want—to be cocksure and uncomfortable or to be hensure and comfortable?
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