Ruthless Risque – Power, Lust and Desire – TSQ 12
Innocent Cheryl – A World Without Money – TSQ 11
At this point of the series, it is pretty clear what Risque and Cheryl represent.
Corrupt Ruthless Risque in The Office
Risque is the new age modern woman, who pursues a career, becomes corrupt and power hungry, in pursuit of the dollar sign in the material world. She climbs the corporate ladder using her charms, and tries to get her way using her art of seduction, with her quirky business proposals.
Cheryl is the old fashioned traditional woman, who likes domestic activities, a simply happy life, with children, she has a nurturing soul. She believes that we should not try to get too much things in life, money corrupts, so the world should not have money. She believes in equality and sharing the world’s resources, so that everyone can be happy.
At two extreme ends of the spectrum, how do they reconcile their differences?
Basically, Cheryl and Risque are representative of what modern women today, feel about their own roles as a woman. I designed the characters based on a module I took in university while in Australia – Gender Studies. The woman in the 1950s, and in 2050, is a world apart.
My grandmother had a chance to go to university, after completing her A levels. She instead, decided to not pursue her studies, but to support my grandfather university tuition fees by working. They had met and dated in junior college. During her time, having an A levels certificate was an overkill. If she went on to university, she could probably forget about marriage. Hence, she took a step back, for love. I do admire her for her actions.
Fast forward two generations later, I completed my degree effortlessly in Australia, as it is quite the norm for women in this modern time to hold degrees. I found an interest in economics, which led to my natural major into marketing. In the process of doing so, I questioned my Asian values and conflicting Western mindset (while in Australia). It is, indeed tough for Asian women to play up to the westernised image of Angelia Jolie and other strong western women featured in our modern pop culture, like Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
The confidence and happy free spirited nature of Australian women inspired me to be less reserved, to be more expressive. For a long time, I felt suppressed. It was in Australia I found my freedom of expression, my freedom of thoughts. From a lone introvert, I became an outgoing carefree person. I regained a lost part of myself, that my own culture tried to destroy, crucially – it was my femininity.
The greatest key to a woman’s femininity, is her sexuality, which Risque will explain in episode 14. It is a pity, most women do not ever discover this missing essence of themselves. They try to become more masculine in the world place, to achieve the same things men can do, in the process, destroying their feminine power.
In Tango, a woman can never ask for a dance. The male approaches the woman, and offers to lead her. She can choose to accept or reject him. In real life, this is not the case. The modern day woman wants to lead, and in the process, demasculinise the male. From my observations, I meet the most manly-men in Tango, compared to other social dances, the very reason being that, they are given a chance to be a -man- in this dance.
Now that the conflict is carefully spelt out. Let the battles begin.
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AVERRAL writes under pen name Scarlet Risqué. She stars in Scarlet Queen YouTube with over a million views. She holds a degree in business. The RED HOURGLASS is ranked Top 50 Espionage Thriller on Amazon. She is currently writing the sequels to the Hourglass Series. Grab a free copy of her novel now RED HOURGLASS on Amazon |
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