Women Who Misbehave

208 pages

English language

Published Oct. 13, 2021 by Penguin Books India PVT, Limited, India Viking.

ISBN:
978-0-670-09498-1
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Explicit violence and discrimination against women are abundant in discourses about Patriarchy. But a sly way in which Patriarchy subdues women is by burdening them with expectations to be pure, gentle, forgiving, docile, and non-violent. This is often louder in progressive spaces - "Don't you have a mother and sisters at home?" is a common insult pointed at someone who misbehaves with women (Women deserve respect because they are someone's mother or sister). Many of the Women's day wishes singularly praise the role of women as mothers - caring, gentle, nursing, warm, lovely.

In Sayantani's stories, it is refreshing to see women who don't give a flying f about the burden of expectations to be good. They don't conform. They hurt and get hurt. They step out of line, not always to stand up to injustice, sometimes because they are selfish. Women who are willing to screw their friend's …