Support. Will you now?

I was asked this question and was told to blog about it. The question was -
"Does a women really need a supportive husband/brother/father /son/any men to be successful in her life."

As soon as I read the question, the ego in me replied - "Why the hell do we need others support to succeed?" But that is not true in most of the cases. At every step of ours we depend on many people, both men and women. I thought of many women whom I have come across in my life, and all of them depend a lot on their family for support. Someone with amputated leg has ascended the Mt. Everest. Sudha Chandran, dances with artificial foot. There is Yashodhara Lal, who does a full time job in marketing, is a Zumba trainer and a successful writer and manages 3 kids. All these with a lot of support from their respective families. And there is me, who, despite having everyone's support, quit my career and decided to be a full time home maker. SIGH! My point here is, there are all types of women - Women,who with support succeed in achieving their goals, Woman who step back despite having support. Now, there are very few woman of 3rd Category - Woman, who without anyone's support rise and succeed. But it takes a lot of hard work and determination to not allow the mocking society to bring you down.

Talking about few facts, these days most of the men are supportive towards the women in their lives, may it be their mother, daughter, sister or wife. (Atleast in the urban places). And mind you, its an underdog's world. You will be supported until you are striving and struggling to succeed. Once you reach the peak of success ladder, the same people will turn cold towards you. You can fly, but not higher than them. You may fare good but not better than them. That's the irony of the world we live in.

To summarize my opinion, Yes. We do need our husband's/family's support to succeed. This does not mean that we cant do anything without support from men. It might get difficult to go on without support. But with immense will power we can achieve whatever we want. Most of the times women listen to their hearts than their brains. Hence they don't defy or go against the male ego, because women value their feelings. This is not an indication of weakness, but love.