Thursday, May 10, 2007

Do It Like A Man...

There aren't a whole lot of times when I would advocate doing anything like a man but in this case my neo-feminist instincts give way to a lingering question...and the answer is simple...Do It Like A Man!
A newspaper report leading to an intense discussion with colleagues last week got me thinking...are Indian women mature enough to handle sexual freedom yet? So you meet this charming fella, you get along, everything seems perfect, you decide to sleep with the guy, things are going alright and then it all takes a turn for the worse...someone cheats, someone screams, the relationship just doesn't work anymore. The scenario can vary, whether its mutual or not, it could be a million different reasons but all with the same result — a breakup. And then the woman screams rape!
Yes this actually happened.
Now I am not saying that all women would react this way, Im not even trying to generalize when I wonder if Indian women are ready for the sexual revolution...I am merely talking about the misguided women who give sex to get love, men on the other hand, would give love to get sex.
Agreed that the whole free love movement is still a newer concept for the female species of this subcontinent. A decade or two ago...blogs like mine would be deemed indecent and the writer labeled a 'loose' character...not that there aren't enough hypocrites doing the same damn thing even now, but still. This was the time when Mills & Boons casanova's and Shobha De's luscious characters and their illict doings were the stuff of fantasy for women. Now, the fantasy has translated into reality.
There's plenty of lust, sex and carnal frenzy going on in the very office I am sitting and writing this blog from. In fact, I work in one of the most sexually devious profession of them all. But nonwithstanding all of that..even with all the hushed whispers, stolen glances and hidden gestures...simmering beneath it all is one scandalous accusation.
So if you sleep with someone out of your own free will...does that mean they are signing away their life to you? Do these women really consider sex out of wedlock as another informal institution? As it is the archaic notion of marriage made it nothing but a legalized form of prostitution...i mean you have to sleep with your husband no matter what! What the hell was that?
Well now that women are actually speaking up and asking for what they want in the bedroom and otherwise...I think its high time they learn one valuable skill from their male counterparts. Sometimes sex is just sex! It does not necessarily equate to love. It does in a lot of cases but only if both parties feel the same way. Men understand that. Sure we call them dogs and all that jazz but at the end of the day, they keep things simple. No, I don't admire sleazy slimebags who promise you the world to get you in bed but I think men who are honest and upfront are perfect. If you think its being promiscuous, then you shouldn't be reading this post anyways.
If you made your own choices, learn to handle them.
So ladies please, Do It Like A Man!

21 comments:

moonstruck maniac said...

welcome back SiM

Anahat said...

:-)

see.. always helps to reconnect and spend time with your frineds... see what becomes of it..

Zee said...

go girl go!!!!

SIM said...

@ moonie
thx moonie baby, good to be back :)

@ annie
are u saying that these pearls of wisdom are courtesy your company? wait till i dunk that sheesha on your head :P

@ zee
im going baby, im on my way ;)

Anonymous said...

The only unfortunate thing is that the women who do that, end up doing it to the men who don't, and those guys end up hurt, just like the women who have it done to them.

Amit said...

Nice! We do have stringent rape laws, atleast when it comes to reporting and congnizance. Probably the only country in the world where just a complaint is enough for an arrest warrant to be issued. That said, instances of buyer's remorse are still much less prevalent, when one wakes the next morning, guilty and then angry with a feeling of having been tricked into it. Thankfully as a society we still believe that attachment is a pre-cursor to any form of sex.

Still Searching said...

Makes sense! :)

nutty said...

hey!

This is the 2nd time I came to your blog and started reading your post .. but just as I got really interested in it the Visual DNA thingy overlaps the text and I cant read all of it :(

Totally kills it! Do Something!!!

SIM said...

@ yet another
ya i guess you are right...its bout being sure that the other person wants the same things as you.

@ amit
haha so are you saying its a good thing that women don't do it like a man?

@ ruchika
I think so too :P

@ nutty
thanks for coming back, sorry bout the DNA thing, its off now :)

Anonymous said...

Seems I've managed to upset a certain individual with my comments, I'm hoping you're not amongst those?

nutty said...

Ah! You're a gurl after my own heart! don't worry I'm straight ;)

I can only repeat what zee said - Go Gurl Go!

SIM said...

@ nutty
all i can say is yay :)

Anonymous said...

Can't quite figure if that means you are one made upset or not.
Either way, it seems a lot of people have taken this post of yours to be one of announcing that you'll be doing it 'like a man' hereon rather than seeing this for the thoughtful speculative piece it is. Either people still can't handle talking about sex or congratulating each other for getting it, or else they chose to miss the point

SIM said...

@ yet another
Nopes I am not upset. And no the post is not intended to declare that i'll be doing it 'like a man', am merely stating some facts. But ya its true, a majority of people aren't sexually mature yet...neither in the mind nor in the deed itself :)

Anonymous said...

That isn't just the case here in India, the world over, people are learning to be comfortable with their own cravings without looking like perverts and rapists. As time passes, it seems women are the ones coming out and being more open about the carnal act, and men find themselves too uncomfortable to talk about it, resorting to self-pleasuring measures.

Anonymous said...

Seems the order of those you admire got swapped around a bit. Is that in terms of preference? A new favorite?

SIM said...

@ yet another
this is not a popularity contest!

SIM said...

@ yet another
who are you sir/madam and what do you want?

Anonymous said...

Just like I told him, just someone looking out for him...

SIM said...

@ yet another
the wrong that is being done!?
what might that be...and what makes you an authority on our lives, if all that you know is from the blogosphere...its not from real life?

Amit said...

Serenadipity!!!

new post man!! do!!