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My love for Peggy Olson

You must have heard of Platonic relationships. Its a non-sexual relationship between a man and a women, mostly spiritual in its outlook, where at least one of the partner is highly revered by the other and held in high esteem. One of the tell-tale couple to epitomize this theory has to be goddess Radha-Krishna. As long as I can remember they have always been worshiped together. Their bond is considered supreme, pious and pure despite the age difference and other short-comings because its strictly non-sexual and involves union of the souls (precisely the part majority of people don't understand). Cut to 2nd decade of the 21st century, our Indian culture is still hungover by the same ideals. Female's virginity is important before marriage. Alia Bhatt once spoke of slut shaming which means it's irrespective of the class divide in our society. Mansplaining is a real phenomenon and casual sexism (fat shaming included) at work place is widespread. Item numbers objectifying wom...