Being something everyone expects you to be why is it so necessary?
Why is it that there are certain rules or unwritten laws one has to
follow… The reason I am talking about this, is when I had longer hair,
everyone loved them. Thats what a girl is supposed to have, long hair.
At least in the Indian culture, its a necessity. Like her pride, or her
dignity. When a woman’s husband died (who is considered her ‘God’) all
her hair was shaved off, this now only prevails in villages.
Traditionally, The hair wasn’t even shaven, they were pulled off! Can
you imagine the agony?! Sometimes it just feels like the woman is being
decorated, like an object. With all the ornaments, all the make up… The
way the Indian cinema treats them, they call the songs with the sexy
women, ‘item numbers’. Yep. They are items. Objects.
What I feel is that women, have grown into it. They now want to be treated like that. Conditioned themselves into ‘itemizing’ themselves. So heres what happened - I decided, I wanted to experiment with my hair. I have my own ways of reminding myself that I am free to do things with my life. So I chopped them off. Reactions I got from people were shocking. “What did you do!?” “OH MY GOD!” “ARE YOU CRAZY?”
Its not like a woman is less beautiful with short hair. One reaction in particular really upset me. My best friend, who now I know for sure is conditioned too. She was very upset, not because I looked bad or anything, but because people around me would say things. I mean, Whats the big deal?! Its just hair! And I am not saying I hated my hair, I loved them too, I just wanted to look different. I just dont want to be decorated. I am happy being simply me. If you dont like being told what to do, what right do you have telling others?
What I feel is that women, have grown into it. They now want to be treated like that. Conditioned themselves into ‘itemizing’ themselves. So heres what happened - I decided, I wanted to experiment with my hair. I have my own ways of reminding myself that I am free to do things with my life. So I chopped them off. Reactions I got from people were shocking. “What did you do!?” “OH MY GOD!” “ARE YOU CRAZY?”
Its not like a woman is less beautiful with short hair. One reaction in particular really upset me. My best friend, who now I know for sure is conditioned too. She was very upset, not because I looked bad or anything, but because people around me would say things. I mean, Whats the big deal?! Its just hair! And I am not saying I hated my hair, I loved them too, I just wanted to look different. I just dont want to be decorated. I am happy being simply me. If you dont like being told what to do, what right do you have telling others?
