To Whom It may Concern
I write to you as a fellow human being, as a woman, who was born on the earth and has to share the space with you, breathe the same air as you, ride the same buses as you.
Who Am I and why am I writing to You?
A Woman is someone who brings you into this world, feeds you when you cannot fend for yourself or even when you can, cares for you when you are sick and when you are not, teaches you about the world with whatever resources she has, sticks by you through thick and thin, loves you, reprimands you when she sees you going down the wrong path, sacrifices some of her wishes so you can have a better life, prays for your happiness and cries with you when you are in sorrow. She is also an individual like you, who has dreams, hopes and wishes to become someone or achieve something. She toils like you day and night, burns the midnight candle when she has to, takes the same exams and classes as you and goes to the same interviews as you do. She takes the same busy buses, rides through the crazy roads as you do and toils all day at work like you. Despite all this, may i ask why you consider her as the weaker sex? Despite all the above, when you see a woman all you can see is a sexual object? An object than you can abuse physically, verbally and emotionally? An object that is so disgusting and weak that you with your physical dominance can treat as a piece of trash and throw away?
I am still trying to understand this, so bear with me. What makes you think that you are superior? Is there anything that you can do that a woman cannot? Maybe yes, a woman can never behave as barbarically as you can towards a fellow being. Maybe a woman can never get out on the street and abuse you every day as you go on with your day-to-day activities. But you know what, this abuse has been going on for decades but has it stopped women from coming out and doing what they want to do? Has it stopped millions of girls from dreaming, hoping and aspiring to become someone ? No, it hasn't, except for those poor women whose lives were cut short due to your heinous crimes. That's the spirit of a woman! I can assure you that if ever the tables were turned and you were on the receiving end of abuse you wouldn't be taking this as well as we are. I can guarantee you that as a woman.
As a woman i speak for many when i say this, We do not need special rules, we do not need quotas, just treat us as equals! Treat us as equals at home, at work, on the streets,treat us the way you would like to be treated, Is that too much to ask? This might be news for you but you need us as much as we need you, nothing more nothing less.
Thank You,
Woman
