Should men be allowed near women’s bags? I think not. I personally think that my bag is part of my personal space and I don’t want my partner carrying it as though it were to be his.
Imagine a man who looks like Brad Pitt, has the body of David Beckham and the height of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson slinging a dainty pink purse on his shoulder and looking ever so proud. It was as though that was not a purse but a HERMES messenger bag.
Disgusted? I know I am.
Needless to say, I am single. I have yet to find a man who can keep his paws off my bag.
Appended below is an excerpt of an argument I heard recently.
Boy: “Darling, don’t want lah!”
Girl: “If you love me, you will do it.”
Boy: “Everybody will laugh at me.”
Girl: “I don’t care! If you don’t do it, I will break up with you.”
Before you write this off to be another cheesy dialogue in a teenage sex persuasion scene, let me assure you that this argument took place in noisy, crowded a coffee-shop.
I was enjoying my dinner with a friend, Luke. I looked up from my plate and found a couple arguing. The object or the subject of their argument was a pink, furry handbag. It was the kind that would put Barbie to shame.
I looked at Luke, who was enjoying his fish head curry so much and was oblivious to the argument. I nudged him and he was irritated. I asked him whether he would carry his partner’s bag. He looked at me incredulously. “Are you out of your mind?” he screamed. I shushed him and we proceeded on with our dinner.
That night, that scene was playing in my mind. Dissatisfied, I asked my S.N.A.G. (sensitive-new-age-guy) brother. Apparently, he shared the same views as Luke. He would be rather hung by his genitals.
Articles have been written, blogs have been blogged and debates have been fought. Unfortunately, no one has come to a conclusion. Each to their own, everyone else would say.
An article in The Straits Times on
How can I expect equality in a gender biased society when I can’t carry a handbag?
On Labour Day, as my mother and I walked around our heartland shopping centre, we were surprised when we saw a total of 30 men carrying their ladies bags’. However, the ladies were no where to be found. These men were proudly displaying the fact that they were “taken” for one and all to see.
Needless to say, we found the men spineless and found out that the women are the one who “wears the pants” in their relationship.
In this day and time, I would like to see a man who could stand up to his girlfriend and tell her to carry her stuff and not to be intimidated and bullied into carry their bags.
Ultimately, in my world, the answer to the age old question of to carry or not to carry would be NO.
