It's not a fear of women per se. Rather a fear of women escaping from restrictive cultures and these cultures then being shown for what they are. It happens, less obviously, obviously in all cultures.
miri dunn 1st of all, it is not 'cultures'. It is only idiotic villagers in 1 corner of India (out of 650,000 such villages). So, pls don't paint all of us with the same brush.
Now that said, Yes, India is in the midst of a chaotic churning - social, gender, economic, and what you name it.
While many villagers (25%) of population do not seem to be able to handle the wishes of the present day women - on how they want/wish to live their life.
Some men in cities are not able to - still- get around their fixation of women as sexual objects - e.g., Delhi rape case, Pachauri IPCC chairman sexual harassment charges, etc.
But most of us do not have a problem with elected Chief Minsters of states by popular vote -Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, and Jayalalitha. We even elected our 1st women PM Indira Gandhi in 1971.
We do have far to go, but most of us, progressive elements, are pushing forward. Like every other nation, we do have a problem, and the most important thing is we seem to be realising it.
40 years ago, such restrictions on women would never have been reported. Today, it is being reported with revulsion and ridicule. That, to me is a great progress.
Where did the time go. I said to someone we've only just changed that system and now they want to change it back again and it turns out it was 20 years ago we changed it
ted kelly Jenn Camforth not to sound too pompous - Universal Suffrage USA 1965 (Civil Rights movement). India 1951. Affirmative Action USA 1967 signed by JFK. India 1951. ;-)
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ReplyDeleteI wonder what miri dunn would think about this ?
ReplyDeleteeeek! wow- the fear of women is so strong in some cultures! It saddens me that we have so far to go l globally
ReplyDeleteI thought the same ted kelly good job you rubbed your alladin's lamp /summoned miri dunn :)
ReplyDeleteI would have though that with the full moon and the Jeopardy kerfluffle and stuff that she'd have vented a wee bit more.
ReplyDeleteThe power the vagina must not be allowed to use the Internet! Chaos will reign, hail will from the sky, cats and dogs will sleep together...
ReplyDeleteAnd young women will be led astray by worldly knowledge, ideas, education and American men!
ReplyDeleteIt's not a fear of women per se. Rather a fear of women escaping from restrictive cultures and these cultures then being shown for what they are. It happens, less obviously, obviously in all cultures.
ReplyDeleteEven bernie's doing it
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Even Kasich damn him. He called his wimmen folk supporters away from their kitchens to support him.
ReplyDeleteBut as Hilary said a woman's place is where she wants to be :)
ReplyDeletedat's for sure
ReplyDeleteWait! That is why my dinner didn't get made. My wife left the kitchen and put some shoes on. Dang it. This women's lib is killin' me!
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miri dunn 1st of all, it is not 'cultures'. It is only idiotic villagers in 1 corner of India (out of 650,000 such villages). So, pls don't paint all of us with the same brush.
ReplyDeleteNow that said, Yes, India is in the midst of a chaotic churning - social, gender, economic, and what you name it.
ReplyDeleteWhile many villagers (25%) of population do not seem to be able to handle the wishes of the present day women - on how they want/wish to live their life.
Some men in cities are not able to - still- get around their fixation of women as sexual objects - e.g., Delhi rape case, Pachauri IPCC chairman sexual harassment charges, etc.
But most of us do not have a problem with elected Chief Minsters of states by popular vote -Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati, and Jayalalitha. We even elected our 1st women PM Indira Gandhi in 1971.
We do have far to go, but most of us, progressive elements, are pushing forward. Like every other nation, we do have a problem, and the most important thing is we seem to be realising it.
40 years ago, such restrictions on women would never have been reported. Today, it is being reported with revulsion and ridicule. That, to me is a great progress.
Maybe soon we too will have a female leader only thirty five years behind you.
ReplyDelete50 years.... Mrs Gandhi was elected in 1966 and died in 1984. And we had Maggie Thatch in 1979. It really is time.
ReplyDelete35~50 I always use fuzzy math when discussing things like ages and years when it comes to the fairer sex. Sorry ~
ReplyDeleteWhere did the time go. I said to someone we've only just changed that system and now they want to change it back again and it turns out it was 20 years ago we changed it
ReplyDeleteted kelly Jenn Camforth not to sound too pompous -
ReplyDeleteUniversal Suffrage USA 1965 (Civil Rights movement). India 1951.
Affirmative Action USA 1967 signed by JFK. India 1951.
;-)
Yes. Funny I was just thinking about this post. Also (tangentially) about Benazir Bhutto.
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