Friday, March 10, 2006
Killing machine, moi.
I start the day with a smile, thanks to Falstaff. Then I come to this. The part that really got me was:
“High literacy rates in the state could be a major reason for this change,” said Chauhan.
And there’s more:
Activists said the cases that come to the women's commission are only a fraction of the rising number of marital disputes. Most were handled by relatives, friends and village councils.
"We must remember that most of the marital disputes are settled by relatives, friends and village councils and only a few cases of atrocities actually reach the commission, in any case atrocities against women far outnumber those against men. But 177 cases of men seeking justice is significant," Chauhan said.
I do pity the men of Himachal. Battered by their well-read wives! All 177 of them!
I’ve been wrong all along. Education doesn’t make you wiser, just more violent. That men have been violent with women for so long is perhaps all due to their being literate. As the tables turn, men had better watch out!
What happens in Kerala I wonder? Did 100% literacy lead to increased violence? Or is some steady state reached because both the sexes have weapons of equal power? And what happens next? Like some ever growing weapons stock-pile from the cold war days, will men and women go on accumulating more weapons? You may be counted among the literate if you so much as know how to write your name on a piece of paper. Let’s call it your average stick-type weapon. When both husband and wife have sticks, clearly the person who can progress to a more intelligent weapon would have the advantage. What’s next? Being able to read street-signs? Your ration card? No wonder people who read newspapers can wreak so much havoc!
Golly! I can read whole books! Several of them, in fact. In at least 1.5 languages! And write! Move over Attila, here comes DoZ!
