Men vs Women

Today I read a very interesting statistics about women. It says "Women spend 16 months of their lives crying" .............................O Really :o.

"And how many months do men spend crying on reasons related to women" :P.........

Ok cutting the crap and moving onto some serious stuff. (I have to give GMAT soon)

From the study of a Harvard professor it has been stated that though the society may claim to have put an end to all sort of discrimination against women, we all practice it sub consciously, if not consciously. It happens everywhere, be it be office, college or home. Now this topic can be discussed at a large scope relating to harassment of women at all spheres of life. Ill stick to discussion about the new women avatar and discrimination faced at work in the context of an observation from the same study. It states that "at a college placement, while 57% men negotiated for better salaries as low as 7% women did the same".

Why do women don't ask for more, or getting recognized for their work, just as their male counterparts do. Nobody expects women to stand for their point of view or to negotiate when it comes to salaries at office. Is it because they don't have a hard-built like us, or they are not vociferous like us. Or is it just because that their ancestral gender did not stand for their rights. Lets try counting on some reasons.

Women are still personified as soft, kind, not to promote their own interests and to focus instead on the needs of the others. A atypical woman is considered idiosyncratic or bitchy. why...........

The differentiation starts from day1 itself when the doctor informs "congrats, u are a proud "relative" of a girl. The parents, the grand parents, I know are all happy but they are not that happy. To the point of being cynical...I would say "yes there is a difference"

Then it comes to toys. Girls are gifted dolls, teddy s, while the boys play with guns, and He-Man. Now dont tell me that it helps. Have u seen any boy getting motivated and ending up with a HeMan like built after 20 years. Rather most of the Indian guys end up being lithargic with extra fat around their abdomen. Aaah yes but these all guys expect no less than a barbie-like figure girl to be their soul mate. Then it comes to choosing school-the parameters are different for both, and then choosing a career.

At college a pretty girl is supposed to be engaged with a guy or else there is something wrong with her. In contrast most of the boys are never able to get into a relationship, even if they try their best.
If you are a not-so pretty girl its hard to find a dream man even if you have other virtues like being super intelligent (Of course being super rich cant be counted as a negative factor ;)) Now compare this to a geek guy. Every geek guy says "She must have looked for love in my eyes"...........without realizing that even the one he is talking to can't see his eyes as they are veiled behind those thick lens. A women doing out of the box things is considered irrespectful and provoking while a guy can do anything in public......................Yes in India he can pee too....on highways ofcourse :)

Actually my idea to tell you all this is to adduce to the fact that right from the beginning the messages girls receive—from parents, teachers, other children, the media, and society in general—can be so powerful that when they grow up they may not realize that they’ve internalized this behavior, or they may realize it but not understand how it affects their willingness to negotiate. Women tend to assume that they will be recognized and rewarded for working hard and doing a good job. Unlike men, they haven’t been taught that they can ask for more.

Even the women employees at prestigious companies that keep full vigil on employee satisfaction, face discrimination when it comes to bonus or promotions. And most of the time women are just content over the fact that they got a slice of the pie, even if their colleague got the rest of it.

In recent times there has been considerable change in the attitude of the people but the deceit lies in the fact that most of the women are just neither aware nor asking for the change. For them its like saying 'Nice Girls Dont Ask'