Woman, you are an exotic riddle. Even the way you pee deserves to be examined. Just ask the stash-twirling male authors (not all men, eh?) who’ve tried to describe you over the years.
Speaking of a maze...
Remember when Chetan Bhagat debuted as a girl?
Bhagat said he got his leg hair waxed in order to “figure out girls”.
Maybe he was trying to awaken his inner consciousness to their experiences. What does it take for a male writer to sketch female sensibility?
Ideally, a lot of thought.
But, if history is any indication, I’d place my bet on the creme-de-la-creme of human existence – the penis. Remember DH Lawrence? Author Kate Millet had once described Lawrence’s work as one that tends to propose that "the possession of a penis is an accomplishment of such high order" that the lead in Lady Chatterly's Lover has his "divine nature [...] revealed and established through this organ alone."
If the esteemed gentleman were alive and had his way, we’d have penis-shaped books, buildings, crockery and stationery. Such was his fascination with the power of the junk.
When male authors describe women, what do the descriptions look like? Twitter users got it spot on.
You get the drift, right? There’s also this:
But most male authors tend to miss the point by a few miles. Here are some examples closer to home.
All hail the Kim K of pop-lit, Durjoy Datta!
Last, but not the least.
This literary genius of a man gave us The Company of Women – a book that was primarily about the lead character’s sex-drive being the curse of his life. Where the women are “virgins’’ or “haughty memsahibs’’ he can’t wait to bed.
How many books can you think of/name that describe a man at his desk, moving his perfect junk to and fro?
Men, please try and understand women better. Yes, they have those “goddamn sexy legs’’, “amazing breasts” and “hourglass figures”. But there is so much more. So much, so much more.
If our authors aren’t listening, then who is?
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