Men Are Needed Too!

Every year Women’s day

is so gala and grand,

wishes are showered,

flooded are ecommerce sites

with offers from every brand.

 

You might feel bland

and secretly jealous.

Isn’t it women,

who seem to hog the limelight?

 

Since industrial revolution

the same mantra is being chanted repeatedly.

Feminism, women’s rights:

The playground needs to be leveled urgently

 

Now, it’s time to fed up,

we need you to bridge the gap.

Some want equality, some equity,

but gender itself is about the society.

 

You assumed the role of provider and protector

and the imbalance of power went undetected.

Cultural and societal norms so unfair

that we were suppressed and oppressed,

denied the right to health, education

and some of us are even denied life.

 

Your androgen might make you aggressive.

And you continue the hunter’s spirit.

But

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we can no longer be the prey.

The world has come up with #MeToo.

 

But Men, the society pressurizes you too.

You got to be tough and stoic.

You can’t afford to cry or fear.

You got to excel and shine.

You can’t quit your job,

At times can’t pursue your dreams.

 

Now that we earn and provide,

the responsibilities that were divided

we want them to be shared.

But, is it you who refuse to diffuse the sides?

break the stereotype?

 

The time is just ripe.

Empowerment and emancipation:

It’s all feasible

only if you compensate for the wretched past

that deemed us secondary, powerless and disadvantaged.

Sharing household work won’t suffice,

the mindset needs to be fixed.

Please do believe,

even for you, the change

can be a sigh of relief.