The woman is a god.
No amount of study, research, experiment,
murder and even cloning can duplicate or explicate the mystery packed into
human flesh. A woman walks by and every male within sight acknowledges her
presence and evaluates her. Whether this is done overtly, covertly or
subconsciously- it does not matter, for that image will be burned into his
memory forever.
He (the male) will categorise her along the
lines of beauty, complexion, weight and size, and race. He will rate her
desirability within seconds of setting eyes upon her. It is amazing why the
most usual emotion she will provoke is sexual- the man will first detect her
facial attractiveness, subsequent to which he will then asses the size/shape of
her breasts, hips and buttocks. Why does the sight of a woman not provoke
something else- like hunger? Sleep? Building a house? Even fighting wars? The
mere sight of an animal first arouses feelings of danger- the urge to either
fight or run. So why does the woman who is infinitely more dangerous than any
animal in the forest invoke cosy feelings?!
The woman has her attractiveness as a
strategy. She draws them in, then strikes. More venomous than a thousand
vipers, more choking than a thousand pythons wrapped around an eggshell. She is like the Venus flytrap- colourful on
the outside, emitting wonderful scents, but beneath the fineries lurks the
peril. The first insect that lands on her petals instantly is sucked in down a
winding tunnel of teeth. That insect that paid attention to the promise of endless
nectar is suddenly neck-deep in blistering enzymes. The existence of a
carnivorous plant is proof that the woman is pure disaster waiting calmly for
the next victim.
Even though men have known her nature for
generations and generations, the majority still seek her out. The average man
will slave away for years, will endure the harshest conditions, will bear the
risk of constant rejection once he has identified the particular murderess (for
that is how dangerous she is) he wants to die by. He will talk to, cajole,
threaten, fight, injure and perhaps kill other men for the sake of being the
sole beneficiary of her attentions.
He will spend all he has; he will devote
his attentions and mental faculties to the chase. He will begin to eat that
which might be beneath his tastes; conversely he will acquire tastes that might
once have been perceived as dainty and cosmetic. In this state of singular
pursuit, he might occasionally or frequently (depending on his temperament)
dabble into side-projects. The physical features of the female although
desirable can be replaced with imitations. Thus the man may spend time in idle
contemplation, visualising the end of his chase and creating fantasies based on
the female or any other female he can conjure up.
Perhaps the gullibility of man has
emboldened the womenfolk to replace the natural with the artificial. Women have
evolved from the basic homo sapiens
specie to something more avian- they have begun to attach claws (filed to
resemble the fingernails of the woman). They have begun to affix hairs shorn
off the corpses of dead women (or those extracted from the living in a
ritualistic manner). Even the mammary glands which nature graciously endowed
the women with are steadily being replaced with bags of sand and water. First
the breast is sliced open by means of a very sharp knife and drained of fluids;
then the bag of sand and water is fitted into the breast. After about 3 months
of this ritual the scars may completely heal and the breasts maintain a general
semblance of constant size, texture and firmness.
Interestingly, most of the persons who
possess this skill are men, a worrisome case of Men empowering their natural
enemy in their game of deceit. It is a wonder that these men are not rounded up
and burned at the stake for their treachery. Again, it is evident that the men,
who desire the physical qualities that have been shown to be more bird-like
than human, are willing to pay for such. Thus, a man will seek out a woman, and
for the sake of the nectar which he so desires, will part with his worldly
possessions for the sake of beautifying the sword that will pierce his soul.
And it is in this that I find the godhood
of the woman. She is unsuited for menial, muscle-demanding chores. She
ordinarily cannot handle the danger of wild beasts (wilder beasts, if we must
tell the truth for the woman is domestic only because she lives in the society
of men). Her body structure makes her incapable of extended physical work. She
ordinarily cannot build settlements on her own. In short, she cannot provide
her basic needs; but she survives.
She enslaves the man, despite his physical
superiority, to do her bidding, to meet her needs and to protect her from other
prospective slaves. With all the sophistication of the man, he cannot detect the
doom towards which he is marching triumphantly. How she manages to bring a
higher being into subjection with such totality is a complete mystery.
The woman is a god
NOTE: This is my attempt at sounding a bit detached and scientific. Hope you enjoyed
"Why does the sight of a woman not provoke something else- like hunger? Sleep? Building a house? Even fighting wars?"
ReplyDeleteHunger = The sight of Mama-Put will provoke this ;
Sleep = Any boring female lecturer will provoke this, remember Mrs. Pana Sociology of law? =)
Building a house = A wife, when she nags;
Going to war = Helen of Troy, selah :D
going the lengths of making the woman got to school, get a job, work long enough to be a lecturer does quite a lot to tame the woman, and dampen her fiery propensities. Perhaps that would explain why in all her possible glory she may still invoke sleep. :)
Deletefor all the others, the context was, why does the MERE sight of a woman not provoke something else?
i love this piece, insightful and possibly true ,i remember a book written by Sidney Sheldon "master of the game", the main character along withe her grand daughter, Kate Blackwell and Eve Blackwell comes to mind! However, not all women are so heartless or alluring as the Venus Flytrap, some of us can be very caring as the beavers and their love to construct dams! Dedicated to our beauty without being vain and succeed tremendously when we have a man who cherishes and loves us. If most women can live as the virtuous woman described in the Bible, then we become divine!
ReplyDeletemiss Ifeoma, I acknowledge that NOT all are like that (to maintain otherwise would be a faulty generalisation, plain and simple). i'm just of the opinion that danger is programmed into the feminine genome; it takes environment and conditioning to supress that Killer instinct :)
DeletePeter, I'm truly impressed.Random thoughts... Whether or not the title of this piece was meant to be sarcastic, is what I'm still pondering about. I would have titled the piece 'necessary evil'... Good job.
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