truth or rumour

i slowly closed the small latch on my door and walked to my room which despite the usual power outage seemed unusually comforting. I wonder sometimes about life and the choices that it offered. I lived alone in a very small apartment, i liked it... i mean it gave me my privacy and independence. I could move around unhindered in my daily activities, leave my underwear littered around, i can walk around in my birthday suit and no one would bat an eyelid. i enjoyed it... i revelled in the luxury of my company.
there are some down sides though, sometimes i get so lonely that i almost scream out in pain, my head ready to explode from the silence around me... i crave the attention of another human being and i know that living alone while it does have its perks, also has some down side. Another side of the story i just heard though is the fact that women who live alone are thought of as being irresponsible, play things not to be taken seriously. This is one of the numerous fallacies which our society thrives on. It is more appealing and socially acceptable for a young professional woman to live with relatives than live alone, that way she is accountable to someone. i wonder at the hypocrisy within our society... just because a young woman lives alone doesn't mean she welcomes men who have no plans for her into her home at random. It would be complete idiocy as she would be jeopardizing her palns of settling down into her husbands home... Why the double standards i wonder, why do men treat women as equals in some regards and as inferiors in others? Why is it appropriate for a man to expect a woman to work as hard as he does, earn the same amount of money yet when it comes to being able to make decisions that affect our lives,such as being wise enough to know that inviting every Dare, Tunde and Kunle to share your satin sheets with you only pushes your wedding day further away, they expect us to behave like air heads without common sense and regard for what is right for us.
As much as it hurts, the truth still remains that even though we are westernised in our thinking, some fundamental truths still remain as they are... right from our fathers generation up till now...