What is your opinion of the saying"women hold up of the sky"Hint:in modern socitey,what roles can women play to contribute to social development?
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1.If Women Hold Up Half the Sky, Why Are They Not Heard?
In 1980, China had paid lip service to women by saying "women hold up half the sky." Yet when the United Nations declared the 1980's "The Decade of Women," we wondered if things were any different here versus elsewhere?
While men of one nation squared off against men of another nation, the women's stake in the struggle seemed different and even vague. Is a woman whose rights are denied in the name of Islam all that different from a woman whose rights are denied in the name of Christ? When men are the exclusive interpreters of authority, be it religious or secular, do women feel a stake in the outcome?
Fundamentalism is fundamentalism and one of the fundamentals of fundamentalism is that women are fundamentally at the bottom of the heap. Why is that so? God, who conveniently is a "man," said so. How do we know? A person of authority, coincidentally also a man, interpreted it in that way.
True enough, womankind is not monolithic, yet women in the third and fourth world whose husbands beat them are not so different from women in the first and second world whose husbands beat them. Domestic violence is not the only issue. Lack of education. Poverty. Caring for children. Reproductive rights. These are issues that unite women more than national boarders divide them.
We say we have it better than our mothers and our daughters have it better than we did. This statement has the virtue of being true. In the United States more women are entering the professions-doctors, lawyers, accountants, and political leaders. Yet, surprisingly, many are not progressive and more than a few are reactionary. We wonder why the label "feminist" is no longer in vogue. There are many reasons, but some are of our own doing.
I am reminded of one of the most pivotal moments in the film "Gandhi." Just back from fighting for rights in South Africa, he is still a relative unknown in India. Gandhi makes a speech before the Congress Party, which is demanding home rule and freedom from British rule.
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