I apologize....

There are times when I feel ashamed of being a guy. Of belonging to a species which prides itself for its cheap indulgences - butt-slapping, groping (deliberately) and the like. Having been brought up by a single mother and under the affection of my grandparents, I cannot understand what kind of pleasure, members of MY (rather unfortunate) clan derive from the aforementioned "activities".

A long time ago, my mother had spoken to me about the times she had to rely on the public transport system to travel to and from her college. Back then too, such incidents were commonplace. Times have changed. We now live in a society labelled -"sophisticated". Can't say much about the society but the term can definitely be avoided to describe us 'men'. Our tastes haven't changed at all. Nor has our attitude towards women or anybody infact for that matter. We continue to be the quintessential egomaniacs who believe that they own the world and have the right to control anything and everything in its confines.

The saying "The world is our urinal" is attributed to men and it is true both literally and figuratively.

Respect was a word absent from a Man's dictionary in the past . Especially for women. Unfortunately, it hasn't been revised and he continues to turn a blind eye towards the progress that women have made through generatons to become what they are now. Independent, free-thinking and with a no-nonsense attitude. If not for their inherent nature to endure pain, physical and emotional, they would have left men to suffer at their own hands.
Yes, suffering is all that men will undergo if left to fend for themselves because they are essentially destructive by nature and they need their mothers, wives, sisters to stay sane.

I strongly believe that men are the weaker sex and it is high time most of us realise that. I know my saying so isn't going to make a difference to anybody. The world will continue to function the same way. Men are going to continue ill-treating women, the way they did when my mother's generation was in college and the way they treat my friends now.

I wish most of us could just understand what it feels like to be humiliated and violated just because physically, you are a shade inferior than the rest. All that we need to do is respect women. I don't think such a simple thing is difficult to understand or practice.

I don't know why this post shaped out like this ,when it was an apology to begin with. I guess I have seen and heard about too many incidents where women have not been given their due respect just because of the fact that they are women. It has happened with two of my friends now and I just felt like extending my apologies to them and all the other women who have suffered due to eve teasing.

I wish I could stay that it will eventually stop but I, as well as you all, know it won't....

p.s. : Amongst the guys , a few of us are good too. So, if and when u take over the world in a grand coup please don't kick our asses!!! :-)