Since Satyameva Jayate’s
finale; Masculinity and Manhood is being discussed all over the place. Since I
am a firm believer of “HEFORSHE” campaign introduced by UN, I tried to
find the real definition of Manhood or Masculinity.
According to me;
“A man is a compassionate and sensitive person who exudes power in the form
of: love towards each and everyone around him; he who is not ashamed of
expressing his emotions because a man without emotions is just a crude human
being.”
But what I learnt from this
episode, has compelled me enough to express my views on current situation of
human beings. “A man is considered a Man only if he shows Power &
Authority through violent and criminal activities.” The most disturbing
thought among all this is; a kid is pressurized since his upbringing, and
conditioned to suppress his emotions, which results into violent outbursts.
In our society, a genuine
culprit is our Upbringing, Environment
and Tradition, instilled in a human being. When we can restrict our girls
from choosing a wrong path, why can’t we deliver the same justice to our son?
We should never wait for an influence or an incident, in order to change our
fundamentalism. The problem here lies in our approach; we need to focus on
ourselves rather than pointing out mistakes and incompetence of others.
Let’s change this Patriarchal
idea i.e. “Men are the rulers” and follow the nature, which has never
discriminated amongst human race. Men have been forced to act in a way since
their childhood; through the way their parents behave, through burdening them
with the notion of shame when a kid acts as a normal kid.
Let’s
discard the notion of Power and Authority, just believe in equality and make
your surrounding a wonderful place to live in. Let a kid grow as a human being,
not a machine who is incapable of understanding and expressing any emotion
except superiority and authority.
"It takes two to make changes, we need Men and
Women to treat each other equal not a totally different entity."
- Aradhna Tiwari
