Oi Women! - Know Your Place
By robspeakman
@robspeakman (1700)
December 29, 2012 1:44pm CST
In a few days it will be 2013 and there still appears to be some confusion about the role of womenfolk in the World...
In India, a female medical student dies of internal injuries following a gang r@pe by 6 scumbags on a bus.
In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive. If the ladies leave the country, their husbands or male relatives are sent text messages to let them know.
In the UK, a man could legally r@pe his wife about 20 years ago.
In Italy, a Catholic clergyman blamed domestic abuse against women on er, women.
These are just a few examples, I could list every country and also list at least one example of discrimination against women.
Every religion promotes male dominance over "feeble" women, Most business leaders are male. Politicians tend to be male. Language also shows male influence - HIStory, woMAN and MANual to name just a few.
The treatment of women EVERYWHERE on the planet is disgusting and a little baffling - Teachers tend to women, we are more than happy to have our Children educate by women. Women also look better without their clothes than any man could. Women are more interesting to talk to than men. They fart and belch less than any bloke - I always prefered the company of women.
If a man sleeps around, he is referred to as a player or a rogue and gains a little respect from other men. If a woman does the same, she is a Wh0re.
So who is to blame?
Who allows this treatment to continue?
The easiest answer would be that Men are to blame...
That would be unfair.
Men do play their part.
Along with some women surprisingly. The are a large number of halfwitted women that do believe that they are socially below men, some of these same women base their views on religious teachings.
However the main culprit, I believe is global apathy. If something does not affect you as a person, are you too concerned about an issue to do anything to change it?
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@GreenMoo (11834)
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30 Dec 12
Coming back to this discussion, I feel bound to argue with you about your assertation that teachers tend to be women. Maybe that's the case in the UK where teaching, along with nursing, secretarial work and most service roles, are still seen as 'women's work' and being a fireman, builder or footballer is a job for a bloke, even though the UK is thought of being a forward thinking society compared to many. In Portugal, there seems to be much more gender equality in teaching (certainly a good thing when you consider that there is an increase in children who are lacking a male role model at home) and it's common for girls to put their lives at risk alongside their male counterparts tackling forest fires. *
I've sort of lost the thread of the point I was trying to make (I've not had my morning cuppa yet) but I'm sure you can work out where I was going with this. You saying that teachers tend to be women is prejudicial to BOTH genders. To women, for implying that they are best to stick to the work they are 'suited' to, and to men for implying that they aren't cut out for it. I'm sure you didn't mean to imply either of things, in fact I think you were trying to give it a positive tone, but you see how easily gender prejudice slips in?
* There is more to the gender split in teaching or firefighting in Portugal than simply choice of career, but that's for another discussion.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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30 Dec 12
Greenmoo - that's not how I read Rob's discussion. I believe that society generally is imbalanced against women. It is not that we ought to open up more careers to women, although I don't see why not, but that men have traditionally had a vested interest in maintaining primacy in our cultures. This has been reinforced by religion, convention and practice for centuries. Allowances are made for men that are not for women. There is almost an expectation that men will act poorly towards women and that in some cases women will accept this to the point of being apologists for men's actions. I don't think that swinging the pendulum the other way is the answer either. I think that our whole way of being should change and that we need a nurturing, sharing, co-operative society where the tradition female characteristics have more prevalence.
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@SpikeTheLobster (6403)
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29 Dec 12
I blame the Illuminati. It's all part of the plan to turn the world over to a ruling body of genderless cyber-monkeys.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Dec 12
You could be right....
I wish I had a MONKEY BUTLER
To do my household chores
He'd make me food and wash my socks
With his MONKEY PAWS
@GreenMoo (11834)
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29 Dec 12
I read an interesting piece on Rwanda the other day. Can't remember where or the details, but it was saying that Rwandan women have had to pull together following the appalling genocide which wiped out so many of their men and that the country now has the highest percentage of women in parliament.
I'm not suggesting that wiping out half the world's men would solve all women's problems, but starting with those gang rapists wouldn't hurt.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Dec 12
You do see little changes...
The young girl in pakistan that was shot by the Taliban because she wanted to go to school is slowly recovering in hospital in the UK - The seems to be condemnation of the actions of the Taliban and maybe people are waking up
@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Dec 12
Most? - You are making sexist generalisations.
I do not consider myself any better than a woman, I also do not consider any woman better than me either
@chantalle25 (208)
• Philippines
30 Dec 12
I am with you, it's been a long issue but still it has always bee there. There are really countries who still have discrimination against women's abilities. In my country as far as I can see we have equality here but not to the point that women are forced my their boss but they are forced to do it just to make a living. We have already women who drives tricycles and pedikabs (it's one of the transportation vehicles in small towns). There are a lot of men who works as a nurse, teachers and other works which are recognized before as a work for women. Women work equally as men in order to support their families and help their husbands to raise their kids.
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@dee777 (1417)
• South Africa
31 Dec 12
Each gender has a role to play and I do not believe that one is more important than the other. It's lack of respect for the next person that has the world in this mess. It's because there are people who believe that women are the 'weaker' s*x. Is it because we do not have the physical strength most men have? Unfortunately so few people will listen to women to stop this abuse. It seems as it will have to a strong man (again) to finally speak up and put an end to all this.
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
13 Jan 13
I like this discussion. What I believe is that it all comes down to religion. Most, if not all religions put women low on the totem poll. Yes, there are men out there that treat women like second class citizens. But looking at the big picture, religion is the force behind all the treatment women get. There are a percentage of women that have broken through and became independent. Men can definitely change this, but I think that religious views of women should also change. Men and women should be equals.
@TrinityDownpour (790)
• Liechtenstein
30 Dec 12
I wouldn't think that a woman would look better without clothes because I'm not a lesbian. The "male dominance" actually made me not care whether I kill a man or not because if he attacks me, he deserve to die. I think this thinking is ingrained into me because the society is still "slightly" patriarcharl. There's still rapes happening and it's nearly 2013. It should not happen anymore. Now the male dominance won't affect me because my mother is the leader of the family and the people around me are not sexist. But I'm perfectly aware that sexism still happens and I wanted to find a way to change it.
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@Rickmar (28)
• Jamaica
30 Dec 12
Quite frankly the only mistake you made was the fact that men gain a little respect for their behavior. They actually get a lot of respect for it from both gender of the spices. As for who is to be blame here's my list:
Religion and their teaching and the followers of these teaching to put down women.
Parents for instilling some of these views into their children. Because they sometimes treat their kids different depending on their gender.
Society and government for not writing the law so that both gender can benefit.
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