hey people,
its been a while since I last shared my thoughts with you. I know, I know its been a very long time…
In that time I have completed a doctorate, gotten married and have a wonderful wife to share my thoughts with.
So here goes. Today is international women’s day and incidentally we were speaking about equal rights for women in today context.
Well my argument goes as follows.
Since any society is dominated by a counterpart of they human sex, it is matriarchal or patriarchal. any design for this society is constituted of instruments whether for cooking or killing or working with are centered around psyche of the sex in question i.e. the gender counterpart who made it. Unless the opinions of the opposite sex are taken into consideration the society is designed based on those primary design considerations. The society moves forward in accordance with those as the basis for work. And, hence a patriarchal or matriarchal system of doing things. In doing so patriarchy persisted by power or force to preserve its designs in evolutionary context to preserve . Like the car for e.g. Do companies really ask male and female users alike as to what should and shoule not be included in the design of a car. Its basically here is the car go learn to manage and drive. Patriarchy has now evolved to preserve itself rather than nurture society. Women have had to learn this design and try to squeeze their way to the top. My question was that for any society to move forward there has to be a cross talk between all fractions of the society who will use the defined space to interact, and they in turn must have a say in the final design of the instruments that run society.
My wife’s take on this
Women have been suppressed in society by the male breadwinner, and to this day this occurs very obviously, with women having little or no right to pursue their points of view. They are restricted to the household and with taking care of children. This psyche has been carried forward for centuries, albeit in male dominated societies. A change in a few people will not constitute a change, it will rather be just a local voice in the wilderness. The change that has to occur has to happen from within the hearts of people. This change will then trickle down to institutional change.
e.g. Maternal leave vs Paternal leave.
With so much technology available to us as of today , why isn’t maternal and paternal leave equal. why does it have to be that women have to take an extended leave of absence to take care of their child while the men work, at a larger risk to their careers. equally speaking both spans of leave must be equal so if the mother gets 3 months leave now, they should get 1.5 months and the father should get 1.5 months, which could be left to the parents discretion to take as and when they need to . This does not leave the burden of care entirely on the women and further the risk of loss of career prospects with an extended leave of absence.
In speaking for the same it would much rather benefit society if all fractions of society especially male and female get on board to contribute to the design of its instruments, equating leave for starters…
Eddieskitchen 