Not well
It just isn’t right. This feeling of fear, the chills, the sweat, the pain, and the tears, it’s just not right. She once again was beaten by her husband, this time not only her hands, he levitated up to her broom. The broom made from the leaves of the coconut, the tree we call ‘kalpavruksh’. Has she raised the level of her beating or has she in fact lowered the level of her husband, or worse yet the medium she is going to be beaten by?
What wrong did she do? Was I even justified in being treated this way? Why is it always the woman who has to go through this treatment. Why is she never teaching us to hit back? Why does her mother say that it is okay for husbands to beat their wives? Maybe she has been beaten and maybe her mom too. Why does the tradition have to continue? Shouldn’t it stop right where you feel it’s not right? How many more generations will it take for women to realize that it is wrong to be beaten?
If you are abused, speak up against it instead of accepting it. It is not okay to be abused just lying down. It’s not okay to sit still. Women have to speak up for themselves and for all the women around them to have the courage to open up. Every woman should be ready to support anyone she knows who is going through this physical abuse. Every woman should have the courage to speak out about her physical abuse without fear of being ridiculed or belittled. Come on girls, enough is enough. We talk about women’s empowerment and women’s freedom, but it’s not just the lower strata of society that are exploited, it’s also the women around you, maybe your own neighbor, your own friend, your own aunt or even the maid who works in your house or her daughter. or even yourself.
Speak up before it’s too late. Talk as much as you can. Speak before you die with your mouth shut and let this tradition of abuse be passed down to your daughter. Speak because this voice is yours. Speak up for the children who need to learn how their mother should be treated. He speaks for the sons who need to learn how to treat their wife and daughter. Speak up because it’s the least we can do. A single voice can bring a revolution. Be the change you want to see.