Chetana

33 | Single | Research Scholar(Gender Studies)

For a long time during this journey, I believed gender discrimination to be a fact of life rather than a social construction. However, the more I read and understood society, the more I realized that gender discrimination is simply a social construction that has been done so skillfully that everyone blindly accepts what they believe to be true. Gender roles are also to blame for the majority of issues that both women and men face.

I learned to love through poems and movies, which is why I believed in the romantic ideal of love and had to pay the price when I fell in love. Although my partner is a great person, he didn't match the perfect image I had in my mind from books and movies, and it took me a long time to understand that no one can be exactly like the person you imagine. During this time, I went through a lot of pain, but my partner, sister, and friends helped me a lot. Now, it's been 8 years since we started our relationship, and I'm still learning how to accept others with their flaws and strengths. Every person in your life is just a part of it, not the entire life. You are responsible for your own happiness, and you have to make efforts for it. When I was struggling with the conflict between reality and fantasy, I started writing poems. And so far, I have written 50 poems, some of which are published in magazines and on YouTube. I also write some articles, which are mostly related to women's issues, the LGBTQ+ community, and cinema.