Women, please.
We’ve been through this discussion several times before. You want equality and fairness, right? So why do you still expect men to give you special treatment just because you have two X chromosomes?
Seriously, women have been working to achieve equality with men for years. That’s exactly the reason why I can’t understand how women can ask for equality and still bitch when men forget to open doors for them. No, dear, you can’t ask for equal status then turn around and demand to be treated like a queen. If we say we can do anything men can do, I suppose you don’t need a man to walk on the “dangerous” side of the road for you.
If you can’t even handle crossing the street, then I suggest you stay away from any issues demanding social equality.
Just tonight I realized how society can be quite unfair … to men. I know, I know. It’s always the girls who get the raw end of the deal, and I do agree that a lot of misogynists still exist in this world. Still, I don’t think people realize how women can be catty, illogical and manipulative bitches.
Yes, bitches.
How do I know? I finished high school.
Anyway, back to my story. Yes. Tonight while waiting in line at the MRT station, a bunch of 50-ish women tried to bully their way in. We’ve been standing in line for more than thirty minutes and the gate was finally visible. Now these women have the gall to step in and just act like divas?
Oh hell no.
One guy, though, had the courage to do something most men would rather not do in public: quarrel with a woman. Especially a fifty-ish woman.
But of course he had the right to do so. The woman was in the wrong, obviously, and yet she acted like it was her divine right and people should simply give way. A shouting match ensued, with the woman throwing such memorable lines as:
“hindi ka na nahiya, kalalake mong tao”
“parang nanay mo na ako ah”
“matuto kang rumespeto sa nakakatanda”
I suppose I do not have to tell you that none of these arguments will fly in a court of law, much less a battle of logic. Non-sequitur, all of them. The guy stood his ground and refused to let the women jump queue. Now here’s the thing that really got me: other people did.
I actually took off my earphones to hear everything clearer. People were actually accosting the guy, questioning his sexual preferences just because he had the gall to enter into a shouting match with a woman.
Gender is so not the issue here, kids. It’s about whose right and whose wrong. Unfortunately, people kept harping on the fact that men should never take on women in a quarrel, and only gay dudes would do so. Now I don’t know what gay dudes have to do with this, but if a woman is wrong, by all means, whoop her ass (in the same way that errant men get to have their asses kicked).
Here’s the logic of things for all you ladies out there. When you say men should not quarrel with you because you’re female, you’re acknowledging that women are weak and will not be able to hold their own in a standoff. As such, you’re actually weakening the argument that men and women are equal.
Equality means you don’t get to have guys give up their seats for you anymore. It means you can’t expect them to carry your heavy luggage. If they want to, sure, thank them. It’s kindness on their part, as equality doesn’t really require them to treat women like precious china anymore.
There’s love and respect for all human beings, but don’t think you can get away with things just because you’re a woman. That’s equality.
Capische?
Poor guy. He did get a few shots in, though. When the woman screamed that he had no respect for her (given her age and gender), he shot back angrily, “oo, ang tanda-tanda mo na nga eh,ganyan ka pa. Matuto ka munang rumespeto”.
Nice.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:42 am
that guy has some balls doing that. if i were one of those there i would loathe that hag but my ‘upbringing’ would tell my mouth to drop it and i dont like attracting attention. I just give them the snide angry stare.
That guy got my respect.though shouting at the elderly isn’t entirely right, maybe he could have explained it in a less scandalous way. But the nerve of that woman using her age as an excuse. tama lang ung sinagot nya doon sa matanda.
and i agree your stance on gender equality.
August 16th, 2008 at 6:10 am
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Ang mga elyens ay nakikiayon.
hakhak
Baket nga ba kelangang paupuin ang mga babae sa MRT? Baket, mas mahal ba binabayad nila kesa sa mga lalaki? Tapos sasabihin nila wla daw equal rights.
Tumpak. Wala ngang equal rights sa society.
hakhak
Buti na lang elyens me.
hakhak
elyens poreber en eber
XXXxx
August 16th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Exactly. Society may not favor women in some ways, but they do find ways around it while men flounder along. I hate it when people, male or female, use their age or sex to get ahead. I’d give up my seat or let a really elderly folk ahead, but I if I think s/he is physically capable of standing for the duration of his/her journey, I’ll keep my seat. The only people I’ll get up for, no questions asked, are for the pregnant and disabled (who sometimes even decline the seats).
Kudos to the dude. It’s hard enough to stand up for something with everyone trying to go against you. Di ko naman maintindihan yung ibang tao. So ok lang sa kanila na singitan sila ng iba dahil lang mas matanda?
August 16th, 2008 at 8:38 am
@pavliuts - I know. Poor guy. The woman didn’t look extremely old, so I find screaming at her still okay, especially since she was the one who started the shouting match.
@rimewire - dapat equity, hindi equality
@kat - poor dude. oo nga, why do they let people jump queue? I’ve seen that happen so many times.
August 16th, 2008 at 9:28 am
i respect the dude for doing that, hindi yata biro ang makipag talakan sa maraming tao na kaaway mo ay babaeng matanda.. pero may mga taong deserve na sagutin sa madlang people… kainis nga naman yung sisingit sa pila, then yung dating parang wala lang.. dedma… sana may courage din akong gawin yan, i am shy eh… hihihi
August 17th, 2008 at 12:08 am
nakakainis naman ‘yung babae. marami ngang ganyan na matratanda.
madalas ganyan din ang ginagawa ko sa mga bastos na matatanda… hindi ko inaaway ng harapan pero binabara ko in terms of body language… and most of the time nananalo ako.:D
August 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am
@potsquared - oo ako din. pag napupuno lang ako tsaka ko inaaway ang mga tao
@lenggai - hehehe oo nga yun din ang style ko
August 17th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
meron akong matandang babaeng pinitik ng sigarilyo sa mukha dati.. at hanggang ngayon nagsisisi ako kung bakit hindi ko naishoot sa bunganga n’ya ‘yun.
August 17th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
kainis naman yung matanda na yun. ganun yata talaga pagtumatanda, paurong. hehehe.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I think it was more the “being an elder” that made her a bitch (or b!tch if you want to be polite) than her being a woman. There are some pretty vile old men out there, too.
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 am
hehe. this is what i always tell my girlfriend if i’m being lazy or something: i’m not usually a gentleman because i believe in equality.
… inggit ako dun sa lalake. ang pinakamalupit ko lang na ginawa recently e lumusot ako sa gitna dalawang matabang babae kasi ayaw nilang magpadaan sa tabi kahit na nakaka-dalawang sabi na ako ng “excuse”. ginawa ko nalang, sinabi ko, “sabi nang excuse e, p**a” sabay lakad.
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 am
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hakhak
omaygad, EQUITY nosebleed
hakhak
elyens lang
XXXxx
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:43 am
@OneTamad - During the argument it was the woman-vs-man thing she called out first, plus everyone else agreed he should have just shut up since she was female. she wasn’t that old, even. I could have kicked her ass and felt no remorse
@kairex3 - nice. i’ll try that out some time soon.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:07 am
this is a really really good post. its true that a lot of women abuse the gentlemanly instincts of me. of how inside the guy’s section of the mrt, if a woman mistakenly wanders in, expects guys to give up their seats for her. hell, women should learn that in order for respect to be give, it must be earned.
August 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
sana sumagot ka na para may kakampi yung lalake