Equal to a fault

Sure, I am not against women, and no, I am no sexist. But the fact remains that the dames that I have under me is a real pain in the ass. They won’t come on time and mostly leave before time. That is sufferable, but the kind of ‘cattiness’ they show sometimes drives me up the walls.

The moment I put my foot down on anything official which they don’t take to, they are like the porcupines with all their bristles out. They glare and breathe fire. To their minds I am the violator unless I see eye to eye with them on all subjects. I must admit that they do a bit of work and often are better organized than most of the guys around. But that is hardly any excuse for disobedience. This disrespect could be there because they consider me thoroughly inferior to some of the more saucy men around.

The guys they like have a ready smile and sugary words with them at all times and would go fetch the moon if the dames asked them to do it. I don’t think it is wrong at all, though I might not be so inclined, as some of these ladies are more capable than the guys that they make use of. But there is nothing wrong with helping others on anything unimportant and it is up to the person to do it or not.

The ladies are so pleased with this attitude of the men folk that they look up on the guys with great warmth, while they hate the sight of me for treating them equal with the guys (Well that’s the point about equality is it not, giving the same privileges to all?). But I have an inkling that the fair sex would still like to be treated with deference. They may be taking it as a right too. Nobody is seen talking about women’s lib anymore and with good reason. Who would want to change a state where they can have all the goodies and enough men to order about?

And everybody knows the kind of power a woman can bestow on men with a single supportive glance, let alone out right support. Their admiration would do wonders to the fragile egos of the macho male. Sadly I have overcome that stage now and do not any more ‘picture’ a girl as the spectator of everything I do whether alone or in a crowd. (I hear that even wizened guys go for it). I have got rid of that mythical goddess.

So I have few complaints, I have been with women and there is little magic left there apart from the basic need that one feels sometimes for them. That would remain with the best of men all through their lives. If there are some moralists and doubters who oppose this view read Gandhi and the lives of saints. You would either become humble and admit that this particular urge is stronger than you think or else would feel so puffed up thinking that you are better than these ‘poor sinners’ ( “man, why do people revere them so, it’s unbelievable!”)

I am not an unkind guy, I have not been denying the dames full freedom and am mostly supportive of all the better things that they do. It is not that they do anything bad; the point is that they would not do anything at all when they are put out. This puts one in some bother sometimes. The ‘invertebrate’ men that are being affected by this lackadaisical approach of the dames would invariably blame the guy in charge than any of the dames.

I have been in some such predicament of late. The reason? That I do not accord preferential treatment to the dames, I treat them the same with men and is as strict with them as with men. It is not that I scold them or dart black looks on them. God forbid! But I like to get things done in the manner they are intended to be done. The women (in this blessed land at least) do get the same kind of perks and the same kind of the money that the men get now. They get more leeway in some matters than men holding the same kind of jobs do.

So the least they can do is to do things the way they have to be done when they are about it. It would not hurt the public if they did so. But strangely their operative idea seems to be that all the guidelines are made for the purpose of being interpreted by them. They interpret them in the manner they think fit and there can’t be any opposition to this line of thought. They know how to process something and when. If it is not done correctly and in time the public may go hang or better still and go on and worship them.

You see the kind of lovely situation that I am in? I am in a fix.