Evolution of the New Woman
by Prem
in tribute to Womanhood on this International Women's day
(First Published On My Blog: UFO, (U= Unconditional, F=Friend, O=Ok always No matter what they do and more importantly what they don’t)
Next on Orkut)
An Amateur Writer
My very first published work
(Prelude: Whenever A “Man” writes FOR or favorably or expresses on behalf of women (not that the New Woman needs a Man to do that anymore!) he meets with scorn from his own ilk. He could be labeled effeminate, A softie, pro-feminist and a couple of old and new slang. Even in these modern, evolved and democratic times u find such expressions by men quite rare. It is a Huge Risk and a sure way to invite hate mails from all over.
May be it is my authentic search for my inner woman.
This may be treated as a raw expression, could be sometimes prose, sometimes poetry since the inspiration or the muse hit me spontaneously and hardly I have time to edit since it is 7th march 12 pm IST …And who else but a woman/women offline and online and on orkut are the inspiration!
Dedicated to My ultimate UFO-My Mom and the 7 UFO's out of 11 who are women and the last "Almost there UFO" who is woman too and had a profound and present Impact in my visualisation of the New Woman!
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Down the ages from the ravages of the cave life through the utter fear of the wild, this creature that is born claw-less, absolutely defenseless, a thin skin that would hardly protect him from the colds. This ancient man and woman fought through their way to survival and survive they did.
The ancient woman almost irrespective of culture she lived in, was mauled, subjugated, harassed, raped, used, mi-used and yet wildly loved, shared among the men and quite often feared and feared she was and hated for the truth that when she would go real wild and when pushed beyond a point; she could start bush fires and war among the men.
A huge buxom Red Indian with a large face she is
Cruelest piercing set of eyes unkempt flowing hair
Naturally naked wielding immense power raw
Living for the moment, Loving for the moment.
Born as she was of sheer innocence, grit and grime
Lusted, fought for by many as she's in her prime
An era ancient when there was neither reason nor rhyme
This ancient woman of ours belonged to another time
She bore the children and very often played her instinctive role of a mother hunting and feeding her young suckling two babies on each of her breasts and shoving off the advances of the lazy lion. But she was brutally confined to the damp and the dark walls of the cave as she was weak in her physique and could not overpower the brutal strength of the man. Her necessities barely taken care for, she would be abandoned to die the death of an animal without the carcass being buried. Humiliated in her life, unheard and unsung in her death....these fears and insecurities seeped very deep in her blood, flesh, bones and marrow. Her anguish and cries echo till this day in the valleys and ravines of the old mountains.
"The History of woman is the history
The Medieval woman emerged as Man mellowed. He mellowed at her dance of sheer abandon and laughter and cried when she died inspiring him to create all the music, colorful attire, festivities, celebrations and prayers. Still man fought many a war treating the woman as his prized booty, savage that he was. She slowly and instinctively learned through the ages. It took her a very long time to emerge out of her natural innocence to a point of understanding that she could subtly modify the behavior of man through nuances. But the continuing suppression of man deeply rose in her an emtion of revenge. The brutalities and the humiliation continued though in much lesser degree but nevertheless in abundant measure. The leisure and settlement of man to agriculture domesticated him. He became more available to her and dependent.
Though in the count of one or two
To the
She would be the Joan of Arc who launched thousand ships
or
Man got confused. She continued gaining power.
He loved her and built her monuments of eternal beauty like the Taj
And then not very far away sat the white clad head shaven widow
on the funeral pyre of her man to be burnt alive and worshipped as sat
The medieaval man continued with most of her fears and insecurities in blood, flesh, bones though considerably diminished in her marrow. The change in the genes had begun.
The Modern Woman was the product of The Industrial Age.. the period of 1800 to 1950 Ad .This age has been the most fortunate period for womanhood. The machines, the rail road and te airways considerably reduced the need for the brutal muscle power of man and this resulted in great mellowing of the
The New Woman literally gave birth to the soft industries that looked very feeble, innocent looking or hardly important like her.The Soft Power that is truly the inherent characteristic of the woman came to the fore. The single most important development that has leapfrogged the evolution of woman was the development of the so called soft industries of printing press, television, computers, and cinema, entertainment that can be branded as ICE-Information, Communication and Entertainment. Each of the industries never looked "important or necessary" when they took their birth just like our ancient woman! The very nature of softness is that it is very subtle and rapid. Rapidity is the very bed-rock of ICE. very rapid, very subtle yet lethally powerful.
Was man mellowing ? he was Melting!!
Her fair, soft well manicured hands make look sexy
the keyboards of computers and monitors reflect her glow.
She creatively processes information faster than man can think
On the Net she's the most sought-after being
Her communication being soft, sweet and casual
Are now heard by man with rapt attention whether
It be the board room, chat room, mobile, radio or telly
She's also the queen of the web.
The new woman carries herself such power and grace
Comfortable in any attire she wears
Her well shampoed- conitioned fluffy mane
Which man is now left sane
Her soft power is on full display at any event
Entertainment you call or award or launch, telly or the Rock show
There she has is the only voice with mike in hand
The master of ceremonies!
The new woman has come almost full circle evolving through her resilience, soft power and intuition. The fear and insecurities are very much still there though now in blood and flesh. It may take just a couple of decades to fully emerge out from the fear and insecurities that is a flash in the pan in the timeline of womanhood.
The New Woman has indeed evolved and is here and Now among us!! I visualize the day not very far when man would be beside her in complete awe and in deep regard to her aura and persona!!! J
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