Shobha De and the Art of being very very stupid

Shobha De writes a column in The Week where she touches on various topics from the deep to the mindless and converts them all to equally frivolous trash. This week's column involves the sordid Beckham saga. For those who've been living under a rock, here are the facts:

      Beckham cheated on Posh while she was pregnant
      He sent some stupid sms's
      He got caught
      They're paying the femme fatale (Rebecca Loos) 80,000$ to spill the beans
      She's spilling vividly

Done? okay.. Now Ms De blames Victoria for this sad turn of events. She accuses her of becoming too thin and sexless. This drove her husband into the arms of another women. She links this with women's problems with body image and emerges a victorious Pg 3 feminist. Well, I obviously disagree.

First of all a couple's private problems are just that : private. If you insist on discussing it in the name of feminism, atleast get a brain transplant before you do so. Women have problems with body image, agreed. Too thin is bad, agreed. But NONE of this is an excuse for cheating on your very pregnant wife.

For too long we Indians have had this concept of "driving your husband into another woman's arms". Reinforced by numerous mundane articles in the so called "womens' magazines". But it places the blame at the wrong door. A man cheats.. and the only person who's responsible for this is ... tada.. the man. If he cannot take responsibility for *his* actions, then he should just be denounced as an irrational animal. Or forgiven if his wife is so inclined. But nowhere inthe script does it say she is responsible for it. We need to let go of the archaic soap opera mentality where the female is responsible for everything and anything.. and accepts it.

I'm sure if your husband was cocking a snook at the secretary you'd feel a lot differently Ms De. Or are you just too woman to let that happen? And to the editors of The Week - Please don't invade my mindspace with such drivel.