India, June 25 -- VERSATALITY, thy name is woman. Although the phenomenal playwright has voiced the line "Frailty thy name is woman", through Hamlet, there cannot be a second thought that Shakespeare, a singular in his genius, only portrayed a reflection of Hamlet's wounded mind. However, the phrase "Frailty, thy name is woman" has too often been detached from its dramatic context and treated as timeless wisdom. Yet the irony is striking. The perception of women as frail did not arise in isolation; much of that supposed frailty was historically shaped by social systems largely designed and controlled by men. In many situations, men themselves contributed to the very frailty they later criticised by restricting women's choices, manipulatin...