Hey guys,
I wrote this piece based on
true events - stuff that happened to people I know. After these things happened, I
just had to put my thoughts on paper. It really is a man’s world, whether we
like it or not. Read the piece and find out why I think so.
Oooohhhh scandal! The
office was abuzz with the latest and most delicious scandal yet – a married
female supervisor had been harassed with allegations of ‘husband snatching’ by
the wife of her younger and subordinate male staff. You could almost touch the
excitement in the air as the gist was passed from table to table. People love a
good story but when it’s spiced with juicy elements, it becomes the favoured
dish of the day. There was a problem with
the story though
– it was mostly based on conjecture as no one had been tried and found guilty yet. ….but who cared? A young hot boy with a cougar supervisor …no one wanted the real story as that would definitely put a damper on things. Within the day, the female supervisor was tried and judged guilty in the court of public opinion. Background information on her ‘supposed transgressions’ abound – from the alleged sexual chemistry, obvious favouritism and shameless love for the guy, there appeared to be many witnesses to this romance.
Everyone, up to the management level (and this is a huge corporation) wanted in
on the inside story – where they were doing it, when they were doing it and how
the guy’s wife found out. In the midst of all the hoopla, no one remembered to
ask the important question – was there proof of this romance? A question that
was especially important considering the lady in question was married with kids
and pregnant at the time……..hmmm. Long
story short, she was later found to be an innocent victim of the new and crazed
wife of her staff but this verdict came after she had already been tried and
crucified in the court of public opinion.
Ha ha hahhhhhh……….chuckles
and belly laughter everywhere! The office was abuzz with the amusing gist of a
male colleague’s tomfoolery. The married and much older male supervisor had
been caught with his hands in the cookie jar – literally. He had been fired
over concrete evidence of the sexual harassment of his staff and a mail was
released to inform all staff of this story and warn others to desist from such
unacceptable behaviour. Inside story was that the guy had been forcefully
having his way with his subordinate female staff for years. It was common
knowledge but no one was willing to put themselves out there by doing something
until a fresh faced innocent had refused to be coerced into a sexual
relationship with him despite threats. She had gone a step further and captured
his threats and coercions on camera as proof of his transgressions.
Like the former story,
there was a problem with this one too. It was completely based on facts but the
reactions of the people were different. People wondered aloud why he didn’t
pursue her in a more subtle way; they wondered why he didn’t scratch the itch
with the hundreds of girls lined on the streets in various red light districts;
they joked about everyone else doing it and how he was stupid enough to get
caught; they wondered if management had been a bit too harsh. In the midst of
all this, no one remembered to ask the salient questions – how long had he been
getting away with this; how many men were involved in such coercive sexual
relationships with their young staff; how come most people found it more
amusing than scandalous that this guy, married with kids, was caught with his
pants down, literally, in a hotel room with the young staff? No one cared …………after all, boys will be boys
and who doesn’t like a pretty young thing, even if the thing has severally said
she was not interested?
Stuff like this open our
eyes to the very true reality in the tale of the two sexes and makes us realise
that despite all the strides the females have made in their race of equality
with the men, the gap will always be there – it’s just the way things are. It
will remain a world where it is scandalous for a female to be caught cheating
but incredibly amusing when a man is caught doing the same thing or worse;
where a girl who’s had a string of boyfriends is a slut and a man with a string
of girlfriends is a ladies man; where girls are hounded on the need to stay
virgins while boys are encouraged to sow their wild oats; where girls would rather
be seen than heard while mediocre boys can take centre stage just because they
have a third leg (if you know what i mean); where a girl’s meteoric career rise is viewed with suspicion (she must be sleeping with some big guys)
while a guy’s promotion is viewed as justly deserved; where a government ‘s
strategy for population control is to sterilise the women while the men get to
keep their organs intact (I’m sure you all know the country I’m talking about).
Like it or not, this is the way it is and it will probably never change. In the
tale of the two sexes, the men will almost always be on top, literally and
figuratively. Or what do you think?
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