HAVE WE MET?

"Oh man, thats hot."
"Hey Alec, check her out, man."
"You make my heeeeeeead go round, round, round...when you go down down downnnnnnnnn..."

As usual the juvenile delinquents in my class had forgotten that there was a girl in the group too. They were staring, no drooling, at a girl outside on the college lawns. Probably somebody from the acting workshop. Those chicks were hot.

So I chose to continue ignoring them.

"I bet I can get in her pants...she is an easy lay."
"What makes you think that, man?"
"Come on look at the way she is dressed...I mean hello...she is asking for it."

Thats it, I was jolted from my passive state. No I just did not hear that. This was America for Godssake! The people here are supposed to be modern, advanced...openminded, not the kind which make judgements on a girls character based on her wardrobe. This is not Delhi, where a rape victim is as guilty as the accused because she dressed provocatively,hence was "asking for it".

I turned to look back at those boys, I had known them for 2 months now. I saw Alec, a very well travelled smart kid, with the most kinky sense of humour- wholesome American. Then there was Karl, the wacko from Spain, Fredo from Italy and Ali, an American dude of Persian descent, also the contributor of the above mentioned statement.

I saw young men from Europe and America. I saw the Men which we hoped our Indian Men will one day become, open minded...liberal. They were the representation of a civilized society, the flag bearers of the First world. But what I really saw were Men who were just like the kind you encounter outside any girls college in Mumbai or the ones who grope you on Delhi buses.

So what difference does it make that a woman in America can choose her career and decide to have a child out of wedlock? Her wearing a short skirt gets her the same character certificate that a woman in India would get.

What is a modern society?
What is being broadminded?
What is Sexism? Or how much is Sexism?

I am confused. Or rather I do not wish to succumb to the obvious. Men, no matter which part of the world they belong to and how much education they have got...will always have something in common. Their perception of women.

Else what could explain the trophy wives or the arm candies which get younger every year?

You cant escape their thoughts, no ladies, stop looking for the perfect Gentleman because there never was any.Not back home and not across the seven seas.