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Women have been fighting for equality and trying their best to not be regarded as secondary creatures in the society. Fortunately, they are succeeding to some extent as even men have now started to realise that a woman’s place is not just in the kitchen.
A Facebook user Azm Aftab posted a message to all the men who think that if they get into the kitchen and even heat up their own food, let alone cook it, it will be an insult to their masculinity. His message will make you applaud. He wrote,
Came home today and found my mother taking a nap and my wife praying. I was really hungry though but could it be true? I’d read on Facebook, that real men have their food warmed up by the women in the house. I was so worried. But I couldn’t resist the pangs of hunger so slowly I mustered the courage to pour some salan in my plate. My manliness was still intact! Woah! I then proceeded to stick the plate in the microwave and set the timer for 2 minutes. And just like Allama Eminem said “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy” I pushed the start button. I braced for my manliness to desert me any moment now and when I heard the beep beep beep sound I was sure it had happened. But instead it was the salan that was warm and I still didn’t feel any different. Bewildered, I took out the salan and threw the naan in the same microwave and when it came out warm as well and I still didn’t feel any different I knew something was wrong.
Whats wrong is our understanding of masculinity. If you are scared of warming up your own damn food, consider it a woman’s job and think that you deserve to be served by women then maybe you don’t deserve to be called a man.
Be a man. #KhanaKhudGaramKarLo !
This satirical post on portraying the truth and calling a spade, a spade needs to be read by every man. It is high time we realised what toxic masculinity can do to people. Cooking food, serving it, or as simple as reheating already cooked meal doesn’t diminish anyone’s ‘masculinity’ a bit. In fact, it only bolsters your manliness; it shows you can take care of yourself, you’re self-sufficient and it’s only natural.
A famous quote by Robert A. Heinlein says, “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
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