One of the questions troubling modern times is whether women are as capable as men.Women fiercely contend they are. They say anything a man can do a woman can do better.
This question is too important to be decided by prejudice or tradition. It deserves ascientific answer. That is how this columnist will deal with the question.
To prove their equality, women enter the army, learn karate, play soccer and becomepugilists. After viewing their performance one can unhesitatingly state that women are notonly equal to men, but superior.
I have little doubt that Laila Muhammad Ali could have whipped her Dad when he was inhis prime. Just listen to her: "A fighter doesn't stop when she sees blood. Itmakes you want to keep going!"
Okay. So Laila can box better than Muhammad Ali, and Venus Williams one day will serveharder than Pete Sampras. That shows women have more brawn and skill than men.
But what about brains, ladies? Brawn helps in manual labour. But is manual labour thecream of society? With due respect to intuc, aituc and bms, it is not.
And it is while assessing brain-power that a shocking truth smacks you right betweenyour eyes. What's wrong with women? To be precise, with their brains?
Since the days of the caveman, mothers have cooked for their children. And yet, theworld's greatest chefs are men! From the days that man hunted animals and broughthome fur, women stitched wearing apparel. For thousands of years they stitched dresses fortheir daughters.
And yet, the best fashion designers in the world are men. True, some of them lisp whiletalking, and others look funny while walking. But they are all, indisputably, men.
The final, unquestionable test of brain-power is provided by beauty contests.We've been repeatedly told that if Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai hadn't giventhose sharp, smart, brainy replies to the judges, they could never have won.
But hell's belles! The current Miss France is a man! And he may be debarred fromcontesting Miss Universe! Clearly, women are scared of competing against him.
So think hard, ladies. If men make more beautiful and brainy women than women,what's there left to say?
Fetch my dinner, mother of Munna...
Girlie, girlie,
You're so burly,
I don't mind shirking
While you're working!
