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The burgeoning sexuality of a young girl scares society so much that she is handed a bunch of do's and don'ts. Completely unfair!
#Poetry. The burgeoning sexuality of a young girl scares society so much that she is handed a bunch of do’s and don’ts. Completely unfair!
Sit with your legs crossed, They said You are a girl, You need to behave, they said.
Laugh with your hands placed on your mouth, They said You are a girl, You need to be mellow, they said.
Don’t wear short clothes, They said You are a girl, You need to be safe, they said.
Don’t touch another man, They said You are a girl You’ll loose it, they said.
Do as your father tells you, They said You are a girl You need to obey, they said.
Do as your husband tells you, They said You are a girl You need to obey, they said.
Take permission for your job, They said You are a girl Wife sacrifices, they said.
One day, she was done With spread legs and short clothes, Exploring sexuality, obeying herself She walked her own path. She did what she was meant to do, She said I am a girl Not society’s property, she said.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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