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Are We
Ignoring Our Teenage Sons?
As the doors screeched open, the sunlight
creeped through the dark hall where we were lying down on the floor; eyes glued
to the television that was screening our favourite movie, “Child’s Play”. A
lady in her sixties walked staggeringly into our living room and landed her
generously large backside on the sofa, intruding our privacy just like the way
the light made its way into our space. From the ray of light, I saw tiny dust
particles from the sofa gushing through the air, and before the dust settles,
she quickly broke the silence in house. “Is she your eldest daughter? She has
grown up so fast. Does she help with you with cooking and cleaning?” she
inquired authoritatively to my mother. It is funny how she was not bothered to
question if my two older brothers could fix the lights, unclog the kitchen sink
or do the simple plumbing job just like the way my father does!
We all know a lady or in our neighbourhood or
family, similar to the intruder. Fearing the judgement of the society, mothers
in the previous generations raised their daughters to be obedient women. In no
time, we realized that women became the victim of domestic violence and a range
of other discrimination as men took the “obedient” women to their advantage. We
later started to preach about feminism, how girls should be educated and taught
them to be strong and independent. We even try to infuse the idea that women do
not necessarily need men to complete their lives.
But time
after time, we tend to fix the issues plaguing our society by trying to “fix”
girls and women whether or not the root cause of the problem lies in them. Are
we ignoring our teenage sons? Is it time to focus on how to raise our boys to
grow up to become wonderful fathers and husbands? Too many women are now trying
to be their own hero as we are forced to believe that men are not capable of
being worthy human beings. However, deep down in our hearts, we all know that
this is not true. Therefore, let’s pay attention on how we raise our sons just
as much as we focus on raising strong and loving girls.
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