‘Empowered women doesn’t mean victimised men at the end of the spectrum’

In life we come across many challenges and a few opportunities, few signs which guide us in understanding what really keeps our boat afloat. Learning never stops and neither does the way towards finding our purpose.

It has been a decade since I began to find calm and creativity through writing. Words with meanings, thoughts with emotions, and moods with a strong sense of purpose, passion and praise for ‘what women want’, was my core motivation.

With years of experience, we find cure. We manage to look away from the fear that haunts our souls and questions our decisions. We keep living in denial. We keep loving in hope. We keep working towards our duties to be and sometimes not to be. No one stops us from pretending and no one really asks us if we are okay.

Along with the care we give, we also share trust and faith. Responsibilities are aplenty, so, no matter how calm we may seem, it is probably the ‘dramatic’ version of us that knows how to keep it all well in control, for you to live in peace. We are the women who support you, guide you and inspire you to build a world of patience, peace and purpose.

All this may be agreeable and give the impression of empowerment, but the need to fix society lies in a deeper sense of responsibility towards all its members.

There have been talk shows and discussions, events and media coverage, which focus only on ‘women’ and ‘growth’. While the laser beam of leadership must fall far to wake up the world to admire the bounties which women can hold, sustain, grow and reap, it also becomes our responsibility to make men secure and protected.

Now, with self-help ruling the bookshelves and feminism taking the spotlight on every turn, I find it our duty to take a hot second and reflect upon the impact realities have had on our society – the reality of women being in charge, the reality of men being more supportive and the reality of both still playing the victim card.

This month, as we, the women of a well-informed society, come together to form a stronger bond, unite and stand together for our rights and freedoms, I seek your support in addressing the mental mess men are facing.

Be it a friend or some names on my Instagram feed, men have been victims of harassment. Empowering women to cause harm to the other section of the society was never intended to be the way forward. Rather than becoming a society with equality and tolerance, today we rise weak and our futile attempts to fight for the ‘right reasons’ have left us in a more vulnerable position.

As you celebrate Women’s Day, praise women, attend meetings hosted by them and speak. Speak to be heard in a crowd or in a conversation. Be the voice that sends across a message of urgency. Be the voice for all the men who wish to be heard, who have lost the chance to be understood and many who have left in despair. Redefine the ‘power of women’ by taking charge of all the men in your life. They need your attention!