Kannammaa Writes

The epidemic of Indian men prioritizing their parents (especially their mommies) and treating their wives as second class citizens is a cycle that needs stopping. This is prevalent in Indian societies across the world. Indian men continue being "Mommy's Boy" after marriage. And Indian men's mommies continue to baby their married sons, reducing their wives into maids at the behest of the matriarchs aka slave driver. Although this is a first world problem, the core is the husband giving more importance to his parents and family than his wife. This is common in all families in Indian society. This woman is privileged so she filed for a divorce. But millions of Indian women live in this situation which society deems "normal" and "right. Wives who's needs aren't met by their husbands become obsessed with their sons and raise them as "mommy's little princes," who only listen and fulfill their moms' wishes. Those moms who are deprived...

  So, my  IG DM  was filled about this Instagram page called  Patriarchal Phenomenon . The page is anti-feminism and advocates for women to be feminine, only marry older men, and women to only be housewives and mothers and totally dependent on their husbands. Now, meet Therese Margareth Saranza (pic, above) She’s my colleague from The Philippines. She has a medical condition called  Atlantoaxial Instability . Her condition used to give her excruciating headaches and she would often bang her head on the walls due to the pain. The condition progressed to  quadriplegia . This means she can’t move anything from the neck down like the late  Christopher Reeve . She can’t breathe on her own. She is bedridden and completely dependent on her caretakers. Christopher Reeve Therese is a graduate in BSc Psychology, cum laude at that. She’s been working for nearly a decade now from her bed, at her home. She uses voice recognition software to work and is a star emplo...