So I was talking with a friend, cant remember what it was about.. when suddenly I got this headache, after he said “oh come on, Men and women will never be equal ”. AY papi! This is the 21st century, I thought we’ve got things figured out.
On one enlightening day, as I was pointlessly switching channels, I came across this muslim scholar (named Quraish Shihab) on TV. It was a talkshow, a lady asked him about gender equality, and he answered “men and women are like a left and a right shoe. They are both shoes, one is neither beneath nor superior than the other, but they sure are bent differently”. Well there you go, I thought, we’re equal but different. I liked it (and then I repeat it to myself a couple a times to etch it on my brain so I can use it in the future as a bullet to shoot those male chauvinists, haha)
We’re physically different, physiologically different, which help to explain why men and women think, act and feel differently. Thus naturally, we require different things, we are capable of different stuff. Different, but equal.
Having a gazillion left shoes is pointless right? Wearing two right shoes is crazy yes? So men and women I think, are shaped and bent differently to complement each other’s existance. Simple, practical, well thought of and beautifully executed. So here goes my four humblest thumbs to God. Great job J
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Jasmine // January 10, 2009 at 9:08 pm |
well, hanum please do tell this idea to my lectures, esp.the feminists
so i just passed this subject, cultural studies and we had this subdivision feminism chapter and unfortunately the ones who taught us were feminists and one of them a REAL FEMINIST, who always have problem with her husband , dunno why and it’s even written on her facebook profile..
nice statement btw..
isyahanum // February 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm |
haha I dont get it either jasmine, why feminists (almost always) appear like this angry and hostile species. It’s like their fighting for gender equality, but at the same time they hate being part of the female species. you know? Like they secretly want to BE part of the opposite sex..haha.
I dont know, maybe it’s the long history of female opression that they’re angry about. Maybe it’s the prejudices that they face that generates the hostility.
But me, I am totally for EQUALITY with peace
I’m totally for equality, not homogeniety or uniformity. I try to embrace the fact that we’re different. That’s what makes the world interesting no? Difference are great, it makes us specialize, complement each other.
I say, let’s be a happy feminist
kariem // March 2, 2009 at 4:00 am |
ha..ha..ha