The Strong Girl : 10 Point Checklist

I have usually wondered as to what it takes to be strong, to stand alone rather than being a part of the crowd going wrong; to take a stand and to stand on it, more so when you are a girl.

It is a man’s world; no matter how many women there are, they always fall short of the men they have to handle daily.
The softer (I refrain from calling it fairer) sex, the more patient one; the as the serials portray it, “the idol of sacrifice and perseverance”, what if it takes a stand. What if it challenges the norms? What if it is not submissive? What if it can shout back? What if it can look into your eyes and say, “Do not try to fool me, for I mean business?” What if it decides to be the rebel, the non-conformist?

Ideally, there should not be an issue but practically there is a big one. There has been a traditional role defined, a typecast and any deviation from it is so not acceptable.
People (read men) will definitely not be comfortable but things do not end there for then comes a scenario which can shake you down to your very existence.
So, mentioned below are some of the castigations that the “Strong girls” have to face every day. If at least 5 match, congratulations; you are in the elite league.
And for the guys, if atleast 5 of the undermentioned are things that you have not done, you are in the elite league as well and you have all my respect.

1.Your daughter is not My daughter: This is for the males out there who have daughters themselves but do not think twice before maligning your image. You see, you just used “yaar” while addressing someone and that has made all the difference.

2.She puts all that make-up for office: Do you know SPF40 is actually not makeup! And well, even if it is; who cares! Plus, request you to go through the Lakme catalogue.

3.She has an affair with that guy: You are that petty coquette who ends up in a relationship with almost every guy you even said hello to. And see the double standards, the guy with such an image is the great “Love guru” but girl, you have to be conservative right.

4.She is a bonehead: Don’t know about her but evidently you are. The brain has no bones and the head is a boner for all, irrespective of the gender. Whoever coined the term!

5.Man! She abuses: So what, even you do. Oh, it’s the competition you fear, don’t worry she has better thing to do.

6.I know what type of a girl she is: Well, what are the types of girl that we usually find. Kindly share the knowledge and expand our horizons.

7.Office is not like cooking food at home: And who for that matter said cooking was easy? You ask me, Mathematics is easier.

8.Such a cry baby: Little do you realize that it requires more balls than you all collectively have to shed that tear in front of others without the fear of being judged. And any day a tear-jerker is better than a heart patient.

9.How are you dressing up: Well just the way the girl you dreamt off but couldn’t get. Really sorry for that.

10.You know why she got promoted: Well obviously she worked hard and smart. Why, is there any other way you know of or might have tried?

So folks request you all to kindly stop paying so much attention to us and making us feel like a celebrity.  Obviously we love so much of attention but then like all celebrities, we have personal lives too. We know we are simply irresistible, one of a kind species but then we are hard to get. Why waste your time dreaming about us day and night. Don’t you have other things to do because we certainly have.

(Confused Genius has already said a lot. She knows what it takes to be a strong girl, well it takes your life.)