These Ridiculous Posters Pit Single Women against Married Women and Are a New Low

Recently, a matrimonial website, marryinaweek.com , released posters that attempted to show the differences between a single woman and a married woman. Being a married woman myself, I know that life does change, and how. A married woman moves house, adjusts her life to share it with another person, and adapts to her spouse's family. However, what she does not do is stay at home all day to cook, clean, and look after the kids and the rest of the family. She does not stop making herself a priority and does not change her sense of style just to suit someone else.

Apart from the ridiculous stereotypes about married women, the posters also bring up some common misconceptions about all women - married or single. See these oppressive posters here, and judge for yourself.

Single women wear skirts and shop for clothes. Married women wear clothes that cover them completely and shop for vegetables & fruits. Single women don't have to worry about food and stocking up the kitchen. Sure.

Married women only cook. They don't dress up. Single women only dress up. They don't cook, or do household chores at all. Ask any woman who is an adult. Chores? What are those?

Apparently, married women don't bathe and single women don't do dishes.

Married women don't wear dresses and do their hair. Single women only wear dresses and do their hair.

Single women go out in high heels, but married women don't. They would rather stay at home and do chores in slippers. Again, single women don't know the word 'chores' and 'work.' They just party.

Married women are never encouraged by their in-laws to pursue higher goals in their lives. They are always reprimanded for not conforming to the norms of their family.

Married women always cook what the rest of the family wants. They don't cater to their own tastes. Single women always eat out and never cook at home.

Single women always have the perfect figure, which means thin. Married women put on weight and are instantly matronly, or 'fat and boring.'

Many women in India are forced to change their life in more ways than one when they get married. They are forced to give up promising careers and sit at home. They are told that their primary job is to look after the husband, his family and the kids. But oppression is not a joke, which is what these posters are trying to make of it. The urban Indian woman has started speaking up for herself and it's time to spread this phenomenon beyond the metros. It's time to break free from these stereotypes forever.