something and someone

"Men in our families are like the sun, they have a light of their own(they own resources, are mobile, have the freedom to take decisions, etc). Women are like satellites, without any light of their own. They shine only if and when the sun's light touches them. This is why women have to constantly compete with each other for a bigger share of sunlight, because without this light there is no life." -A rural woman-

What the woman says struck me every time I read this portion of some Gender articles.

I guess this happens not just to women in rural areas, but also to those in urban areas. It doesn't matter whether she is a housewife, a doctor, a factory worker, a sales girl, a teacher, an office lady, an engineer, a politician and etc... It showed me how much women are dependent upon men as their provider for all basic needs.. physical, mental, emotional, for security, for companionship and etc, that their lives are only secured and complete when there is this one man. I can't help but agree that such thought has been internalized in a woman since she was young, and is further reinforced by all kinds of social relations in her life. No matter how successful and established a woman is(whether in the end, she is single or married), I believe that at different points of her life, she too struggles with such needs. A needs and dependency which is so interwoven with all kinds of things in a woman's life.....

Well, maybe that's the reason why
we are looking and waiting for that
someone...

Will we be able to break free from such dependency on men?