Can a woman laugh only when a man allows her to?

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 10, 2018 : I am not an ordinary nari, I am what you can call, a na-hahahahhaha-ri. I laugh frequently and loud, and have often been told that my shrieking laughter resembles that of a hyena. Upon googling the words “hyena-laugh”, I found out that the comment was not in the least meant to flatter me.

 

While still young, I was asked by well-meaning relatives to laugh like a lady, gently.“Nothing more than a subtle chuckle, Divyani, and that too with the left hand covering your mouth.”

But obedience was never a strong virtue of mine. The audience still remains divided between, “You laugh like a witch,” and “Your laughter is kind of cute,” the latter comment made solely by friends acting on their biases.

And so, with that unsolicited three-para-personal information, I begin my note. From one stree-hehehehhehe, to another. A laughter guide, if you will. Each lesson comes with a real-life example, so that all you girls and women reading this can responsibly choose between a giggle and a guffaw.

By the end of this piece, dear reader, you will have learnt how to effectively laugh, in a way that doesn’t offend any man.
Don’t Cackle, or You Will Be Suspected of Having ‘Mental Health Issues’

Number One, while in Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of the Parliament, at all costs control your laughter. Let the male MPs indulge in sexist humour, banging their desks and whatnot. But you must, at all costs, keep your trap tightly shut.

If as a woman, you make the mistake of laughing loudly in the Rajya Sabha, you could be suspected of having ‘mental health issues’. Something that happened to Renuka Chowdhary, a Congress MP who let out a loud cackle as the Prime Minister was speaking.

For which Kiran Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home, likened her to Soorpanakha, a character from Ramayana who is projected as a ‘loose’ woman. Your behaviour, too, could be termed “loose, dark and unruly,” for simply laughing out loud.

2. When Running for President, Don’t Indulge in any Hahas Whatsoever

My lesson number two, if you are running for President, you MUST, and I cannot stress this enough, do whatever it takes to hold back the hahahas.

Much before being called ‘Nasty Woman’, Hillary Clinton’s laughter had already earned her the moniker, ‘Shrillary’. Her laughter was called ‘loud’, ‘inappropriate’, ‘evil’, ‘chilling’ and ‘frightening’, among other things.

Mean digs over her laughter were taken by both the Republican National Committee and the conservative American media. The subsequent election result made it clear that when it comes to choosing between unrestrained laughter or tweets that could potentially cause a nuclear attack, Americans found Hillary’s hahas a far graver problem.



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