The local Telugu channel recently scrolled a message saying, “The pitiful story of a middle class woman who turned a porn star with the advancement of a doctor”. But is that too pitiful? Wasn’t the lady untouched with shyness to get into such treatment with a man? Well, here comes the point of professionalism.
Surgeons, obstetricians, gynecologists have to see the body of a woman nude during surgery. But that’s a matter related to disease, life and death. There is no glamour involved in such treatments and surgeries. But cosmetology treatment is a matter packed up with glamour, sex appeal and beauty which are the root causes for boosting up the libido of a male or a female. Kneading the body, caressing the skin and touching the sensitive fractions of the healthy body of opposite sex in the name of cultivating glamour would certainly ignite fire between the young doctor and young patient.
The recent incident of ‘Blue Film in Beauty Parlor’ in Hyderabad is not pitiful for the woman but it speaks about the demeaning society. Leaving the values and lying nude before a young male doctor to gain more glamour would certainly speak less about those women. If women are within their boundaries, there wouldn’t be much advancement from men. I feel many professional men are hesitant in advancing with a colleague or stranger than women. They just look out for a chance. If the woman beckons a green signal, men take the advantage. Although it’s not a hard and fast rule, majority of the cases run on these lines (leaving the rapists, called criminals, who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorders).
Recall the scene of Kate getting her portrait painted by Leonardo De Caprio. It’s only the gushing adrenaline that surges in the senses of many onlookers, than the so-called professional and pious artistic fervor. I’m indeed saying about the majority cases leaving the real artistes as exceptions.
It’s the unisex society where we see both male and female professionals in all the fields, which are disturbing the tempo of the norms. India is yet to get immune to this system. Once when I was traveling from Montreal to Mumbai, in the flight I’ve seen an acrophobic young Canadian lady holding the hands of a fellow Indian male passenger to control her fear while taking off. I have observed the man blinking his eye in pleasure to his friend who is sitting beside him in the aisle seat. Well, Indian men go hot with the mere breathe of a woman unlike many westerners. It’s the cultural brought up, which matters. Kissing, hugging and patting need not be only in between a wife and husband in the west. But it’s the other way round in India.
So, as a finale, I feel that Indian society shouldn’t encourage ‘beauty parlors for women’ run by male doctors. Even my converse statement holds good here.
(Usha Choudhary can be reached at usha_choudhary@hotmail.com)
I read this article on a website and it sounded as ridiculous as the statements by some politicians who blamed the girl who got raped on the way girls dress these days. And to think of it , this article was written by a woman.