Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and it is natural that they have conflicts and sometimes mutual hatred.
Men are from Mars, women are from Venus and it is natural that they have conflicts and sometimes mutual hatred. Latest example where this became obvious was when an MP (Philip Davies) in the UK suggested that men should also have a day for themselves, like the International Women’s Day, to discuss their health among other issues. For that, another woman MP (Jess Phillips) quipped that it feels like every day is men’s day for her. If you thought that was going a bit too far, how would you describe the online abuse that followed and even the threats, all from men The debate on Men’s Day turned out to be a field day for women haters.
Popular television actor Vatsal Sheth feels the immense pressure that men and women go through make them care little for each other. “The current generation is leading a stressful life. And everybody wants to be independent. We have reached a stage where women don’t expect chivalry. These are some of the factors why there is a growing resentment between men and women,” he says. Though Vatsal has never directly felt the hatred from the opposite sex, he says abusing women for their ignorance is not just unmanly, but inhumane. “The anonymity that social media provides is misused to abuse soft targets,” he adds.
According to model/actress Avantika Mishra, the unnecessary power struggle that’s going on between men and women as to who maybe superior is the root cause of the animosity. “In the past, men had an upper hand and now women are getting better in every field, which men see as a threat. We should realise that we all should work together after all,” she says. While she agrees that men too face issues, she justifies the attention that women’s issues get as majority of them is still struggling their way up. “Men are seen as more self-sufficient than women in many ways,” she adds.
While the rivalry between the opposite sexes may suggest they don’t like each other’s company, renowned psychiatrist and author Hansal Bhachech says men can’t live without women and vice-versa. “Guys are driven by progesterone and girls by estrogen. Though they differentiate them on all aspects, they are bound to be together thanks to basic survival instincts. At the same time, both of them are destined to excel in life in different ways. But the problem creeps in when they take the other gender for granted. When it turns into a power struggle, they have little or no sympathy for the other gender,” he says. Hansal is of the view that both women and men will overcome this battle if they understand their natural differences and begin to complement each other. “Women who strive to be like men will always become second-grade men. Similarly, suppressing women will not do any help to men either.”
