STEREOTYPE
The ignored type of stereo type
I was advised not to cry. I was tagged the mother of sorrow. I was ignored. I was abused. I never broke down but never got shattered. I chose to fight back. Have you ever wondered how is it for boys not to cry? BOYS DON’T CRY?
He was amazing in his studies he started dropping with his grades. He lost his confidence. He cried but he was a strong man.
Hi. I am Raghav. I am fighter, yes I am. I was never told that boys don’t cry. I dint know boys were a breed apart. So distinct that they could not cry, they could stay numb for pain and still managed to abuse the other who could express. I was the kind of guy who got hurt easily. I used to cry when my teacher scolded me for not doing my homework. I cried for coming late to class. I cried for my friend hurting me.
I always thought my friends and classmates were rude to me because they could not understand me or like me. But that was not the case. One day it was the summer camp in school we were made to form a circle and play dog and the bone and the person who lost had to perform a punishment. I was made to stand in front of 100 people and asked to dance .i could not take. Though it was fun for everyone. I stood infront of them blank and then i cried. What happened next was I became famous for all the bad reasons. I lost my friends not because I dint deserve to have one just because I cried. The issue here is not about the students or classmates or with the teachers who dint care. I am writing this for all those Raghav types who are sensitive but don’t deserve ignorance. The people who face this problem themselves do not know what it is all about. For them it is like taking a sip of poison which the people neither allow to drink nor to spit. They just love it there in the mouth.
People cry because they are hurt or coz they cannot bare the pressure. Not because they are girls or boys. There are a lot of things that go on in the personal life of a person that makes him the way he is. Let us teach our children, friends & mates to be supportive, not abusive. Some cry in front of everyone some in closed doors. But the fact is everyone cry. Wondering how do I dare to appear to be so strong today?? Not all are the same. There was one good Samaritan called Abhilash. Who stood by me. And it was all that I wanted. It was not a big deal to get over it but the social stereotypes are only going to suppress. The need of the hour is to break this stereotype. And yeah!! Boys do cry in fact the ones who cry are the strongest.
- JOHAN C.A LEWIS