Friday, 3 April 2015

We Are Not Feminists.


No, I am not a feminist when I ask my mother to give me more money than my brother.

No, my mother is not a feminist when she gets a chance at the bank before five other men who were waiting for a longer time.

No, my best friend is not a feminist when she sits on the seats assigned for women in the metro despite there being an entire compartment for women.

No, my boyfriend is not a feminist when he gets up to give a seat to a woman in the DTC bus even though he has a broken foot.

No, my father is not a feminist when his job is given to a woman because of 'company policies'.

No, my leaders are not feminists when they enforce a quota in colleges for women.

No, the shopkeeper is not a feminist when he charges lower prices for women customers.

No, my elder sister is not a feminist when she hits or humiliates her husband.

No, we are not feminists.