The following is a real experience that I had not long ago. There were five of us there, talking about somethings. Then one of us a boy had to leave. He offered his hand to each of us boys in turn and each of us returned a hearty handshake. But when he turned to the girl, instead of offering his hand, he just gave her a wave. He then said goodbye and left.
Why the double standards? Why the handshake for the boys and nothing to the girl? Personally if i were in the girls place, I would have been offended. Here is one guy who I consider to be a friend who shook hands with everyone else but me. Why would he do that? The girl didn't seem to mind. She just smiled at him and said goodbye.
I was pondering on this and then I realized where I was. This was Trivandrum, Kerala. Touching girls is probably taboo here. Nattukaar enthu parayum?
These conservative notions are surely outdated if even a simple handshake is out of place!
4 comments:
society!!
ever wondered y nobody has come up with this question yet - of girls and boys dancing together on tv during reality shows... avide enthukonda ee "naatukaaru" onnum parayathathu??
mindsets? or hypocrisy?
..beats me..
eekkkss
yeah nitish,you are right.it's not just the touching part that's taboo here.people find it hard even to accept friendship.i feel it is the prevalence of narrow mindedness.as sri said..society!!it would be really good if at least all those who realize this make it a point to not act like this..!
yes..man thats really true..and its a subject to be really thought of..
what you said is true..but at the same time..you see many girls who dont like to give hand to a guy..especially if they feel something is wrong even though there mite be nothing..
you said the guy didn give shake hands..but what if the girl didn accpt the hand.if thats wat the guy thought?there your thought mite turn out to be the wrong inference..rite???
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