Educate women and their community will prosper. Deny them education and the world will suffer

Education for all the children ,youth and adults with out any discrimination, please.

SMC said:

Even if we believe this premise, if more and more women go out and get jobs, which the very same movement supports (again, I fully support that as well), then women's impact will be no more than men's in their children's lives.

What I don't like is the overemphasis of women's role in their children's education and the under-emphasis of men's role. While stating the following, they literally claim that women are solely responsible for education children while men play no role in that:


To which I say:

a) The children still have to attend school regardless, so the parents only HELP educate their children.
b) "If you educate a man, you educate one person" implies men take no part in educating their children, while in reality they can take as much part as the mother or even more.

This is again not the main point of this thread, but it makes me really angry when we have such blatant sexism against men and everyone just applauds along with it, many men included.

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sexism??
No,I dont think so.At times things 're a lil exaggerated but the gist of it is gals should also be sent to school along with boys.
And about the men teaching children at home, well I think in majority of the houses its the moms who take up that responsibility simply because men 're usually busy with their jobs.I can not speak for the rest of the world but atleast for South-Asia.
Here nobody is underestimating what a man does for his family.

Hi,

Educating women is not enough----these women need to be put to work. Women are very intelligent and capable of doing what they want to----but if you do not put their intellect to work---and only make them a house wife-----you are doing great damage to the family----.

A literate capable women without a job outside of the house may turn to PURE EVIL----. They want to burn their energies and when they don't see their intellect being challenged at home----they would create situations in the household and family that may cause major issues.

Education is not enough----we need something that builds CHARACTER---education alone don't bring character---.

MastanKhan said:

Hi,

Educating women is not enough----these women need to be put to work. Women are very intelligent and capable of doing what they want to----but if you do not put their intellect to work---and only make them a house wife-----you are doing great damage to the family----.

A literate capable women without a job outside of the house may turn to PURE EVIL----. They want to burn their energies and when they don't see their intellect being challenged at home----they would create situations in the household and family that may cause major issues.

Education is not enough----we need something that builds CHARACTER---education alone don't bring character---.

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TRUE!! satyavachan prabhu
Thats exactly the reason i am in favor of working women

halupridol said:

TRUE!!

satyavachan prabhu

Thats exactly the reason i am in favor of working women

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Hi,

Thank you for your post. Women know they are as capable as men are in most of the fields. Overall---they are more compassionate workers----comparatively they are more honest workers---.

A society that cannot take its women force into the work force will never succeeds. If people say that women cannot do heavy labor or hard work----look at united states industrial base during the 2nd world war----these women were churning out ship loads of ammunition, tanks, trucks, aircrafts to fight a war oceans apart---and still caring for the families.

Look at female laborers in our homelands----the heavy lifting that they do----.

You educate a man, you educate a man. You educate a woman, you educate a generation. --- Brigham Young

Cannot say better than this

trident2010 said:

You educate a man, you educate a man. You educate a woman, you educate a generation. --- Brigham Young

Cannot say better than this

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It's also false and incredibly sexist.

levina said:

sexism??
No,I dont think so.At times things 're a lil exaggerated but the gist of it is gals should also be sent to school along with boys.
And about the men teaching children at home, well I think in majority of the houses its the moms who take up that responsibility simply because men 're usually busy with their jobs.I can not speak for the rest of the world but atleast for South-Asia.
Here nobody is underestimating what a man does for his family.

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It is very much sexist. It is clear from the quotation that men's contribution to their children's education is not being considered at all. If you said something similar about women (such as women making no financial contributions in their children's lives) then everyone would be all over you. But since its sexist about men everyone applauds along.

Also, my experience in Pakistan where I lived all my childhood was different than yours. Both my parents were equally involved in helping educate me. And this was not just me - most my friends and cousins shared the same experience.

SMC said:

It's also false and incredibly sexist.



It is very much sexist. It is clear from the quotation that men's contribution to their children's education is not being considered at all. If you said something similar about women (such as women making no financial contributions in their children's lives) then everyone would be all over you. But since its sexist about men everyone applauds along.

Also, my experience in Pakistan where I lived all my childhood was different than yours. Both my parents were equally involved in helping educate me. And this was not just me - most my friends and cousins shared the same experience.

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Try to see the context of the quote. Still in many in rural villages only boys are sent to schools not girls and it was shown by the research that if girls from those villages go to schools and get some job, they encourage more families to send their daughters to the school. So yes, it is always good to have education for the girls.

trident2010 said:

Try to see the context of the quote. Still in many in rural villages only boys are sent to schools not girls and it was shown by the research that if girls from those villages go to schools and get some job, they encourage more families to send their daughters to the school. So yes, it is always good to have education for the girls.

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And I have nothing against educating girls, in fact it should very much be mandatory to educate every human being. However, such quotes promote one gender over the cost of the gender, and put down men in general, and completely overlook their contribution to their children's education.

SMC said:

And I have nothing against educating girls, in fact it should very much be mandatory to educate every human being. However, such quotes promote one gender over the cost of the gender, and put down men in general, and completely overlook their contribution to their children's education.

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I understand what you are trying to say. To show their commitment towards the women empowerment, some people go overboard bordering towards the men discrimination. Both genders are equal and have equal share in the development of the society and nation, no more no less.

SMC said:

It is very much sexist. It is clear from the quotation that men's contribution to their children's education is not being considered at all. If you said something similar about women (such as women making no financial contributions in their children's lives) then everyone would be all over you. But since its sexist about men everyone applauds along.

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Get over the habit of finding sexism where there's none.
Had men not treated women as downtrodden then this day would not have come where we have to exaggerate things to make it sound sexist.

SMC said:

Also, my experience in Pakistan where I lived all my childhood was different than yours. Both my parents were equally involved in helping educate me. And this was not just me - most my friends and cousins shared the same experience.

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I had similar upbringing.

levina said:

Get over the habit of finding sexism where there's none.
Had men not treated women as downtrodden then this day would not have come where we have to exaggerate things to make it sound sexist.

I had similar upbringing.

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There's obvious sexism here. I've already explained how. To deny it is being in denial and being sexist yourself. Don't get your second point - men have been treated as bad as women historically, although in different ways. Women were never forced to go to war and get themselves killed.

SMC said:

There's obvious sexism here. I've already explained how. To deny it is being in denial and being sexist yourself. Don't get your second point - men have been treated as bad as women historically, although in different ways. Women were never forced to go to war and get themselves killed.

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The difference is women get forced to do things on day to day basis. From her studies to marriage to even the dress she wears, is dictated by someone else. Would you deny that??
Men have more freedom than women.And this is a fact!

levina said:

The difference is women get forced to do things on day to day basis. From her studies to marriage to even the dress she wears, is dictated by someone else. Would you deny that??
Men have more freedom than women.And this is a fact!

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Both genders face different type of discrimination. I don't believe women face any more discrimination than men - it is just that they're more vocal about the discrimination against them and it is different than discrimination that men face. This gives the appearance that women face more issues.

a) men are considered disposable. A man being killed is usually not news, a woman being killed is a big deal. Look at how ISIS is massacring people in Iraq and Syria - almost all the people they've killed are men. None of the people they've killed in their public videos are women.
b) similar to above, men can beaten physically (including by women, not necessarily by hand but by throwing household objects) and no one will care, yet similar happening to women will be a big deal
c) men are historically have been forced to go to war and get themselves killed. Still try today in some parts of the world
d) men are expected to provide, women are not set with such expectations
e) people are generally much more rude to men, and much more courteous to women