Our World Tuesday, ABC Wednesday, I for International Women's Day
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27 comments:
Great post Will I had a little post as well. We are pretty lucky we can live in holland or NZ and feel safe. Thre is still so much change needed. Hoop alles is goed
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Extremely will said Wil. It is too easy to think all women are treated as we are when the truth is painfully different.
I had read where a woman who was raped was put to death by her family for shaming them. Many parts of the world treat their farm animals with more respect.
I salute the woman who try to make a difference .
Just found a post asking WHY IWD. I should link him to YOU!
I didn't realize it was International Women's Day until I saw Dina and your blog. You're right that there are so many countries where women have no rights. It's a horrible sad thing.
I love your beautiful flower with raindrops glistening on it. I hope someday all women in every country can shine through even after been rained upon.
Great post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
A marvelous post for the day, Wil!! It is amazing that in this day and time that so many women are still treated badly -- cruelly in many cases! I, too, salute all those who speak up for the women of the world!
Oh I want to give you a hug for posting this Wil! You have so much knowledge of this issue (some of it learned in a way most of us can only read about). Thank you for posting your answer to the gentleman who was confused...it is good for us all to read and remember. I will definitely remember and use your words: "What does it matter where it happened. It happened."
Great post! I think it is high time for women around the world to be treated fairly and equally as men. It is hard to believe how badly women are treated. Thanks for sharing this post. Have a happy week!
Hooray for the ladies
and for this post
ALOHA from Honolulu
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Good show Wil. It is harrowing knowing how many women are degraded to 'convenience for men' status.
You can easily access India's mud writing in a printed form from her comment on my post if you wish.
Well said!
Until women are paid the same as men, can walk the streets without fear, are not raped or abused, do not have to suffer subjugation or circumcision -- until then, we need a space for women. We need to remember the injustice of half of the world. Not just on 8 March, but every day.
I absolutely agree with you and still even in our oh so civilized countries women are still in minority in some professions. And if you go back to the roots we women are responsible of this situation because who raises the men first ??? The woman ! She gives her baby boy his education in childhood. And why still mothers use their daughters for household scores and not their sons ???
I raised my son to be able to do everything, including household and ironing !
Such an IMPORTANT post, Wil. I frequently talk to my female students about what it was like even when I was a young married woman - how I couldn't have a credit card without my husband's permission, etc. To young people today (in the western world at least) they have no concept of what women have struggled with for most of history. But we need to continue to fight for those women who live in countries where they are still considered "beneath" men. Have a great week,
Leslie
abcw team
An excellent and powerful post.
Very profound Wil.
Thank you for posting this.
Respect for people, absolutely, whether they are men or women.
What a powerful post...and so important. Thank you!
It is shortsighted to believe that women should not celebrate on IWD. Our country has made many advances yet there's still room for improvement. Abuses against women worldwide need to be eradicated. Have you read "Half the sky?" Kate, Abc Team
Oh, Wil, you are so heartbreakingly right. Even in our enlightened countries, these things happen.
And we're not so enlightened, either. It wasn't until the 1980s that spousal rape became illegal in Canada. It should have been illegal long before that, but a woman was still, in many ways, considered to be her husband's property, to do with as he wished.
I love the photo of your daughter and granddaughter on your header. How quickly the little ones grow!
Love, K
Thank you for highlighting this important day! It's easy to forget how many women are still treated terribly - as the norm, not the exception - in so many places and societies. We are lucky but so many are not! Hoping for change too.
A most pertinent post, Wil,- we have reason to celebrate in countries who respect women, and reason to support those who are abused and disrespected in countries who have not yet reached that level of civilization where women are equal.
Even though I am no longer young, I remember women who came ahead of me to pave the way for being able to vote, have an education (mine, post-graduate degree), and to work in a place of my choice. I applaud those women still trying to spread our freedoms around the world.
we didn't really celebrate, but I remember NZ was the first country that gave women the vote.
thank you for your post - i agree with your thoughts here.. I was myself always treated as an equal to the boys in my family - i grew up in India ..but I could see for myself around me where this was not the case..and I think that we need IWD until things are all right in all corners of the world..
Belated happy International Women's Day to you Wil.
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As usual, I am late but I am doing my best to catch up.
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team
Je crois que cela va prendre encore beaucoup d’années pour que les femmes soient égales aux hommes. En Grèce, se sont surtout les femmes qui font la cuisine, non? Et les hommes ne s’occupent pas beaucoup de l’entretien de la maison.
Well said, Will! I wish more people knew about International Women's Day! Thank you for sharing this post!
A fine post, Wil. The plight of women, especially in third world countries, is a disgrace. But it's not limited to the third world. In my own country (the USA) women have made much progress but some religions and some cultural groups still treat them as second class citizens.
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