tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post8293700790497758906..comments2023-09-12T11:31:20.729-05:00Comments on Straight-Friendly: Gender BiasTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-9989368718775789412009-10-03T09:55:58.283-05:002009-10-03T09:55:58.283-05:00"Outside supporters" -- Let's pray f..."Outside supporters" -- Let's pray for those, Tim :-)<br />Thank you.claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-52600685337807980702009-10-02T11:55:39.111-05:002009-10-02T11:55:39.111-05:00Claire, we're in full agreement on the struggl...Claire, we're in full agreement on the struggle. Getting laws on the books isn't the same as getting problems solved--but it gets us closer. The fight for equality continues and no doubt will for some time.<br /><br />It, like any fight for equal rights, is important to every person on the planet and should be supported by one and all. (Of course, if it were, there'd be struggle, would there?) It's always puzzled me, though, why oppressed peoples of all sorts--targets of racism, sexism, homophobia, immigrant and class discrimination, etc.--can't combine forces more quickly to create a united front. While each group works on its separate agendas, we've not yet organized a common call, touched the right nerve in us, to rally everyone around the big issues.<br /><br />On the rare occasions when it does happen--like "marches on Washington"--it's viewed as an "event" more than a statement. If it happened more often, things would change more quickly.<br /><br />Quick story: the first time Walt and I were in Paris for Gay Pride we asked a friend, "Where's the best place to watch the parade?" He was puzzled at first. "You don't watch it," he said. "You march in it." So on Pride Saturday we found ourselves among 500K people streaming through the city. At one point Walt said, "I think there are 10 times more straight people in this parade that gay ones."<br /><br />The miles to go in the women's movement (and the others) will travel much quicker when as many or more "outside supporters" are visibly counted in the fight.<br /><br />May Godde will it so. ;-)<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TimTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722447614945782871.post-17922838872801678782009-10-02T03:25:24.472-05:002009-10-02T03:25:24.472-05:00Ah, great post, Tim. I'll have to read it agai...Ah, great post, Tim. I'll have to read it again and write down points where I agree or slightly differ.<br /><br />The first point that made me twitch is your comment about 'equal pay for equal work' which is, as you rightly say, in the law of many countries.<br /><br />However, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research (US and UN statistics would corroborate this), the 'gender wage gap' still shows that women earn 77.1% of what men do. This gets even more pernicious when we talk of retirement and pensions...<br /><br />As to the sex of God[de], I agree, it is beyond gender, ethnicity, or orientation. Nevertheless, as you pointed out so well, the fact that God has been described so often as Father, Lord, Master, the fact that hence 'man' for centuries has been the norm, has too often cornered women in role of subservience.<br /><br />Much progress has been made. Yes, 'We've come a long way, baby!' I would say nevertheless that women's struggle is not over.<br /><br />BUT, with allies such as you and other male friends, women are in good company and not alone.<br /><br />Thanks, Tim!claire bangasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380558962103134334noreply@blogger.com