03-10-2017, 02:12 AM
(03-09-2017, 11:13 PM)SMC Wrote:Quote:Tue Mar 7, 2017 | 7:23am EST
One in five believe women inferior to men: global survey
By Lin Taylor
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One in five people around the world believe women are inferior to men and should stay at home, and that men are more capable in the workplace and at school, according to a global survey released on Tuesday.
Nearly all of the 17,550 people surveyed agreed that men and women should have equal rights, but three in four respondents said women still experienced social, political and financial inequality.
"It's encouraging that the vast majority of both men and women around the world believe in equal opportunity ... but at the same time most still believe that true equality of rights is not here yet," said Kully Kaur-Ballagan, director at Ipsos MORI that carried out the poll.
Across 24 countries, including Brazil, Canada, Russia, Britain, India and Sweden, more than half of those interviewed by Ipsos MORI called themselves a "feminist", but a quarter said they were "scared" to speak up for women's rights.
Around half of those polled in China, Russia and India said men were superior to women and better at earning money and at attaining education, according to the survey, which was released to tie in with International Women's Day on Wednesday.
UN Women has described the global gender pay gap of 24 percent as "the biggest robber" of women.
The World Economic Forum said in its 2016 gender gap index that men and women will not reach economic equality for another 170 years.
(Reporting by Lin Taylor @linnytayls, Editing by Ros Russell; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters that covers humanitarian issues, conflicts, global land and property rights, modern slavery and human trafficking, women's rights, climate change and resilience. Visit news.trust.org to see more stories)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-womens...SKBN16E1FR
It's sad isn't it? Equality shouldn't be so hard
SMC, won't you provide to us your feelings and opinions on these things? Your input is greatly desired by me, as I also hope Jade will return to this thread and overlook the perceived bigotry here to try and help teach us how to better see the female as equal to male and vice versa, as I hope of you too.
I know this thread is inundated with insensitivity, and I realize how hurtful it is be subjected to such things...But between you and Jade, and anyone else who desires equality, and wishes to speak for equality and to teach equality, I pray you will all not hold your tongue.
As it goes...
Pray tell, women of b4, do not suppress yourselves in fear. I will stand with you even if we disagree, because you are as much free, welcome, and respected, as I'd hope anyone would feel towards myself. We are all the creator here, I desperately want to learn from another directly how I can be of service to the manifestation of equality between the sexes. I do not believe I can manage this without the very important and desired input any of you have to offer.
Tell us dudes how wrong we are, explain it to us, help us uncover our eyes and see! We all came to this thread hoping to discuss feminism and the most prominent energy about it is equality between women and men.
Please, share with us. We are reaching out to you now, as the male principle is said to do. Please come back. We will do better, or at the very least. I will do better.