Someone is sending emails to my friend and alleging they are from me, how is this possible? They are not in my sent box and I know I did not send them!!
Dave is ill, suffering from cancer and the person who sent them must be really proud of themselves as he is extremely upset with me. THIS WILL NOT HELP HIM AT ALL.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
International Womens Day
It is the Centenary of International Women's Day today. As we think about the role of women in all societies we must pause to consider how this has helped the development of the role of women. Are we any further forward than we were 100 years ago.
Perhaps not, we keep hearing about new man, I personally only know a few, many have still got the attitude that women are there to feed them as well as look after the children and in between to earn their share of the money. My grandfather felt that he must earn the money but my grandma had to have a hot meal waiting for him at the very moment he got through the door.
In the Weimer Republic German women were liberated. To them this meant taking on extra responsibilities and they generally resented it. As well as running a home ( many had smallholdings), giving birth to and nurturing children and taking care of their men, they were now also expected to go to work. This resulted in resentment and so when Hitler came along they supported him as they saw him as a saviour. He did not want women to work as he felt that nurturing a future master race was their role in society.
In Britain we made great strides in the 60s and 70s to include women in the workplace and to encourage their participation in the wider community. However since then, despite all the rhetoric, we have stalled. I do not enjoy going to events for women because they are mainly based on teaching traditional skills and issues around children. This is to me a retrograde step, what happened to events that encouraged women to overcome stereotypes and tackle new things. Where are the discussion groups that encourage us to see ourselves as more that wives and mothers.
Women are still repressed in the workplace, they still take most of the poorer paid posts. Women are still hard pressed to find adequate childcare and made to feel inferior if they choose to stay at home. Older women are poorer than men because many have had to take time out of work to care, not just for children but often for elderly relatives as well. In other words despite 100 years of effort there is still a lot that needs to be done to help women get off of the first rung of the equality ladder.
Perhaps not, we keep hearing about new man, I personally only know a few, many have still got the attitude that women are there to feed them as well as look after the children and in between to earn their share of the money. My grandfather felt that he must earn the money but my grandma had to have a hot meal waiting for him at the very moment he got through the door.
In the Weimer Republic German women were liberated. To them this meant taking on extra responsibilities and they generally resented it. As well as running a home ( many had smallholdings), giving birth to and nurturing children and taking care of their men, they were now also expected to go to work. This resulted in resentment and so when Hitler came along they supported him as they saw him as a saviour. He did not want women to work as he felt that nurturing a future master race was their role in society.
In Britain we made great strides in the 60s and 70s to include women in the workplace and to encourage their participation in the wider community. However since then, despite all the rhetoric, we have stalled. I do not enjoy going to events for women because they are mainly based on teaching traditional skills and issues around children. This is to me a retrograde step, what happened to events that encouraged women to overcome stereotypes and tackle new things. Where are the discussion groups that encourage us to see ourselves as more that wives and mothers.
Women are still repressed in the workplace, they still take most of the poorer paid posts. Women are still hard pressed to find adequate childcare and made to feel inferior if they choose to stay at home. Older women are poorer than men because many have had to take time out of work to care, not just for children but often for elderly relatives as well. In other words despite 100 years of effort there is still a lot that needs to be done to help women get off of the first rung of the equality ladder.
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