Girls Rule!

Heard it on the radio this morning: "Women are always demanding equality, they talk about their dignity... but when it comes to parking space in Jakarta, there's a special section dedicated for 'women drivers'... and there will be women-only cars on trains, and women-only TransJakarta buses. Do they really want to be treated as equals, or do they want to be treated differently because they're women?!!" 

Talking about gender-based discrimination? Of course! "Positive discrimination", I call it. Because we women are benefited from it :))

How about me? Well. I think a dedicated, women-only train cars or buses are a bit much, but I can say a thing or two about the parking space issue.

See, I drive a manual-transmission car in Jakarta's excruciating traffic. What I want to do as soon as I enter the parking basement of a mall/office building is to park my car, as close as possible to the entrance/elevator/escalator bay. If I could get THAT coveted parking spot because I'm a WOMAN, so be it. If I don't, I just look elsewhere for a vacant spot. No big deal.

Besides, only several major malls (and a few office buildings, as far as I know) have dedicated parking area for women. At most places, we women have to fight and curse our way to find a spot, just like everyone else. So what are these guys complaining about? Take it like a man, man!

After all, we women drivers deserve it. We are brave enough to roam the deadly streets of Jakarta; we are tough enough to survive the drive from home to our destination without losing our minds; we stand up for ourselves; we give stupid, reckless drivers/riders THE finger when the situation calls for it; we don't whine and ask men to drive us, we just take matters into our own hands and DRIVE. How "emancipated" is that?

But don't men do the same things as drivers? Well, of course they do. But I'm a WOMAN. So I have this double-standard. So sue me.