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Uplifting women with gender equality |
By Rosalie E. Dunbar |
Much has been done to improve the lives of women around the world. It is clear, however, that such changes will not lead to permanent progress unless they uplift the men in those societies as well. The Christian Science Monitor wrote about an example of progress toward gender equality in a recent article on men in Turkey who are speaking out in order to protest against attitudes toward women (see “In Turkey, a show of male solidarity in tackling violence against women”).
It’s often easy to stereotype the situations both genders face, but what is actually needed is a willingness to recognize that the core of the problem isn’t so much about whether men or women are dominant as it is about the belief that we are all material beings – some less worthy than others – competing with each other for love, peace, stability, and safety. This view of individuals as either abusers or victims is a mistaken view of who we are and... MORE |
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