As I look back in my life, I wish I’d have taken more risks and settled less. I was in my primary school where I participated in a running game for the first time. As the whistle blew and I have just started running, I fell down. I was embarrassed and many people even told me that running is not my game. I stopped running again.
I have seen many of my guy friends losing hopes, failing to succeed yet society groom them to be brave, not to lose hope, take risks and be fearless and never give up. In contrary, our society wants girls to play safe and pretty. That’s the discrimination what I am actually talking about. Discrimination on how we raise her than him. We expect our girls to be vulnerable, calm and composed rather than loud, rough and bold. By we, I mean our so called educated society structured by all the politicians, teachers, businessmen, artists, and so on.
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