Why do people always assume that the person talking back to them from the other side of the screen is from the USA?
Oh course it doesn't take into account the HISTORY of gender discrimination. I wasn't looking at the history. I want to know what the thoughts and opinions about the CURRENT state of gender discrimination. The African, Middle Eastern, and Asiatic states are the current fronts of the war. I could cite current statistic and observations of genital mutilation, arranged marriage, lack of education, and rote servitude in those countries.
The thing is, they're changing. It doesn't happen in one part of the world and spread immediately. Iran, not so much. Turkey, a lot more progressive. Hong Kong vs butt-fuck nowheres in the Chinese interior. My question doesn't really touch on that and I don't really want it to.
The 'Western world', including but not limited to: Canada, USA, Europe, Russia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, is further along in the battle. We have seen it swing from a Patriarchal society to a almost Femanazi state and back. As for your link, I googled several phrasings of your claim and found nothing. That isn't to say it is incorrect, and I don't believe it to be so. A higher percentage of females vote compared to males.
Alright, as for the rest of I will pay it the lip service it requires. I have often commented on how this tastes just like my mom makes it. My friends children will comment opposite. My children, when they come, will comment both but that is because my GF is a big 'foodie'. Yes it is harder for women to enter physically straining careers. The choice of who does housework and who is responsible for the care and upkeep of the house has evened out. Both people are working so both are responsible for it when they get home. I will cook, and she will clean. She will launder the sheets and I will clean the bathroom. I will mow the lawn and she will vacuum. How is that not equal when both have a career.
I know that in CANADA we are entitled to 50 weeks of leave between the two of us. So she can take six months and I can take six months. The way it works is that we take the 'leave' from work and claim EI. Than come back. Was I, this oh so ignorant male, not supposed to know that?
My observations from University on is that there is a disparity in the expected gender bias in many of the courses. For example there were more women than men in the biological sciences, social sciences, humanities, and education, while there were more men in the hard sciences and engineering, and the gender distribution was equal in business and the fine arts. This was beyond the first and second years; so it wasn't taking into account the people who dropped out and were only looking for a husband/wife. Are we saying that women aren't able to handle the hard sciences and the like? Are we preventing them from getting into those fields of study? What is the state?
As I have gotten out and worked in technology companies I find a stark division in the gender of various departments. Men are always in the technical areas and women are in the HR/reception areas. Why do you think this is? Gender ability or gender oppression?
So as for my simplistic bullshit, I was defining the area of discussion, not glossing over the areas where it still exists. Of course I am focusing on women, as you point out they are the target for gender discrimination. Are they equal now?
So let me define the question a bit more for you: In the western world, how do you think the female equality is going? Is the battle over? Are women given all the opportunities or are they selectively discriminated against? Is the war still going on? Is it a cold war? Truce? What? If it is over how do you resolved the gender bias in typically male dominated careers?
BTW, my signature is on random, I didn't choose that one.
Bob,
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