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Thread #101065 Message #2036454
Posted By: Bee
26-Apr-07 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: When is a sexist not a sexist?
Subject: RE: BS: When is a sexist not a sexist?
Well, there are plenty of ignorant T-shirts out there.
And there is still work to be done in recognising women as men's equals, especially in third world and developing countries, where as often as not women are vastly undervalued and often cruelly abused.
In the relatively comfortable West, mostly it is a matter of steady plodding, getting more women to work as politicians, improving child and elder care, encouraging men to enter professions once ghettoized as 'women's work' such as child care and nursing. Personally I very much admire men who enter such professions, as they have opted for stressful, not always well paid jobs, and are looked at askance by some of their peers.