YThursday, October 12, 2006
today we had this HOi debate
the topic :
no matter what Feminists say, women will always be constrained by their biology
affirmative views :
-men and women are made different
-we have different roles in society
-women give birth- thus arising issues like maternity leave
- having to leave their work
even if more females go to university and many women have higher paying jobs than men .. most of them will still ultimately end up as housewives.
opposition views:
-it is not their biology that constrains them but the view of society on what women should be
-its unfair to say that women cannot do the same things as men just because they have to give birth to children. they can choose not to anyway
-there are women working in hospitals and law firms
-ally mcbeal is a successful lawyer .. (haha)
women are ultimately not constrained by biology but by what society has defined them as. if the society didn't see them mainly as mothers it would be a different story
questions from the floor:
-why is it that most inventions are invented by men ??
-ultimately if women are constrained by society.. their biology must be the one that caused society to classify them this way. cos you have to think about way before the Enlightenment... like the STONE AGES ???
things to ponder about:
-what would happen if women are really not constrained and then men and women are totally equal ??
-men can become mothers ??
-men have constraints too in comparison to women right?? so ultimately shouldn't we all still be equal ??
what i think ....
i really don't know.. maybe diferent women want different things. so it doesn't really matter to them if they don't have the same rights.
as long as we are all able to have the same rights and be able to have the same opportunities .. then i guess everything is ok right.
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i feel so blessed you know.. that although i think alot of my life is quite screwed up. and i tend to remember the bad parts of events. but last night my wonderful friend neo made me realise that i'm lucky in so many other ways and although shitty stuff happen to me.... they don't really matter so much . i'm lucky and i'm loved and i'm happy and thats all that matters
i'm just so grateful that i have so many wonderful people around me.
people who care and people who i can talk to.
thanks everyone.. i love u all . and in many ways i'll never be able to thank everyone enough. just wanna say thanks anyway X)
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