I was mentally trying to list the best things about being a girl and all I could think of were shoes. Round, pointy, flats, heeled, slip-ons, closed ones, plenty of styles to choose from. Then there are colours to decide on, and a simple task of buying a pair can be as overwhelming as an extreme mountain expedition.
Apart from fitting into those fashionable shoes, we as women have to fill many shoes in our life. Each one as intimidating as the next, being a daughter, a wife and then a mother are the different roles a girl is expected to fulfil in her lifetime. Miss out on one of them and society begins to raise eyebrows. But is it necessary that we have to be all three to be 'complete'? Are our aspirations to be limited to just these three relationship roles? And just like in fashion, living up to these roles comes with a timeline. Being just a daughter over 25 can be last year, and becoming a mother before becoming a wife is a faux pas.
There are many factors that bind women in our society. Constant fear of what the rest might say has clipped many wings that were ready to fly. But who are they? And what is society? It's easy to blame others for our sorrows but could it be our own perception of things that is to blame? It's about time we changed our mentality along with the anticipated change in the system of the country. Let's keep in mind that we make up half the society, and if we want to change that, we should start with ourselves.
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