Verse or Worse?

“Feminine tendency to versify”

Read that statement and curses went flying out of my mouth like pots and pans would if I were standing in a kitchen. Feminine tendency! To versify! Ha! Let me point out that there are a lot more poets in the world than poetesses, a lot more famous male artists than female artist (although this is a topic worth discussing, we’ll save it for another day). Of course the only argument that supports the statement quoted here is the theory that Shakespeare is/was actually a woman, i.e., people believe that all of Shakespeare’s works was ,in reality, written by a woman.She just used apna Shakes-Appa-Iyer’s name to be able to publish her work …now we all know what reasons must have compelled her to do a thing as painful as let some cheesey guy take credit for all her creative.

I’m generally not such a feminist, and even if I am, am not so vehement about it. But lately things have been piling up. Some comments flung casually here n there.

Guy: “She listens to rock music! Surprising.”, in absolute disbelief.
Me: “Why?”, miffed by the exclamation.
Guy: “No, you just don’t expect a girl like her to listen to rock”.
Me: One eyebrow raised with the what-the-hell-are-you-saying expression on my face.
Guy: “Girls who listen to rock are more punky”

Well, fortunately, another guy anticipated the violence to follow and intervened with some one-liner that solicited some laughter and put me off track.He got to go home believing his superman vision saved the day.

The final statement that really did the tadka in my plain daal was this:
“Even the most conservative girls started using this colloquial frivolity”
Of course the conservative boys never caught up only, poor fellas.

Coming up next “The Opinionated and The Oblivious”.
But before that "Vhy Verse".

Disclaimer: The views expressed are absolutely temporary and passing. This is not what the author set out to write, although it never is, but since she has written it foregoing an assignment in economics it must be published. A lot of this has been inspired by many people but sources have not been mentioned for reasons like cowardice and sensitivity. Quotes have been edited for impact.

PS: Since this blog has turned out to be so acerbic and kind of a person thrashing round the disclaimer was necessary. :)