12th December 2008, 11:12 AM
First... glad to see the BWA moving forward.. and second..
perhaps I should clarify..
Yes its easy to 'see' what 'we' see as inequality.. I ain't that dumb... :face-huh: however... do you 'think' as you jump in a taxi.. ah.. if I was a woman I would think twice, do you 'feel' uncomfortable when you sit on a bus? You can't, becasue as a man, you do, things without thought.. I also started to understand things were more complex when I worked in the eastern desert of Jordan, where the Mother was definately in control .. while in Yemen, what looked like gender iniquality, was actually a form of division of responsibility... women kept the money and doled it out.. while on other side.. there was obvious (to a western male eyes) repression.. but then... how many women in the UK are also repressed, beaten, kept down... take battered wives for example... just becasue there are battered husbands does not mean that one should not recognise the vast proportion as wives.. and so the major support sould be for women, without forgetting those men that are also living in fear. As a man, you grew up as a man, in a mans world, with male friends, looking at the world as a man.. its not your faiult, you can empathise and be aware... but you can't actually live each day as a woman... and so a female perspective will always be lost on those of us who are male...
it does not downgrade the rights of all.. but rather supports what is the issues that affect a particular group... men don't get pregnant (never seen that used to suggest that a man can't get a job... oh... what happens if your partner gets pregnant? Can we rely on you to stay in post? Its not a question, it is assumed, because you are a man, you will) etc...
The more I read, the more I am convinced that a secure forum is needed.
"Gie's a Job.."
Prof. 'Dolly' Parton
perhaps I should clarify..
Quote:quote:Rat, your inability to realise that parts of the near and middle east aren't very female-friendly wasn't because you are a man. The treatment of women is something that screams out at many travellers to that region, regardless of gender. I, for one, could see that 'different world', as much as I am able because obviously being a man I couldn't visit most forums of female social activity. Hmm...I think I'll leave the obvious comparison for readers to draw for themselves.
Yes its easy to 'see' what 'we' see as inequality.. I ain't that dumb... :face-huh: however... do you 'think' as you jump in a taxi.. ah.. if I was a woman I would think twice, do you 'feel' uncomfortable when you sit on a bus? You can't, becasue as a man, you do, things without thought.. I also started to understand things were more complex when I worked in the eastern desert of Jordan, where the Mother was definately in control .. while in Yemen, what looked like gender iniquality, was actually a form of division of responsibility... women kept the money and doled it out.. while on other side.. there was obvious (to a western male eyes) repression.. but then... how many women in the UK are also repressed, beaten, kept down... take battered wives for example... just becasue there are battered husbands does not mean that one should not recognise the vast proportion as wives.. and so the major support sould be for women, without forgetting those men that are also living in fear. As a man, you grew up as a man, in a mans world, with male friends, looking at the world as a man.. its not your faiult, you can empathise and be aware... but you can't actually live each day as a woman... and so a female perspective will always be lost on those of us who are male...
it does not downgrade the rights of all.. but rather supports what is the issues that affect a particular group... men don't get pregnant (never seen that used to suggest that a man can't get a job... oh... what happens if your partner gets pregnant? Can we rely on you to stay in post? Its not a question, it is assumed, because you are a man, you will) etc...
The more I read, the more I am convinced that a secure forum is needed.
"Gie's a Job.."
Prof. 'Dolly' Parton