The Same-Sex Wars

Why do women persist in being their own worst enemies? Here's why there are times when Seema Goswami despairs of her own sex.

Honestly, there are times when I despair of my own sex. It’s not the small stuff that gets me down – that I can live with by gritting my teeth and counting slowly to ten so that I don’t have a meltdown in public.

You know the sort of thing I’m talking about: the kind of meanness that only women are capable of subjecting each other to. Oh, she’s gotten so fat after her baby! We all know how she got that promotion (by sleeping with her boss, didn’t you know?). My God, can that hemline get any higher? Honestly, if she dresses like that, it’s only a matter of time before she gets molested. I could go on and on, based on my vast and varied life experiences, but you get the general drift.

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Molested! Really? US national, Zohal Hamid alleged that Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach had molested her. And that when her fiancé, Sahil Peerzada (right), tried to protect her, Luke hit him so hard that he had to be rushed to hospital

"We felt a strange pride when Zohal threatened to sue Siddhartha Mallya"

Luke Pomersbach