Celebrating Women

[Sandeep]

Sandeep, I don't get wat ur trying to say......so u or I hav a son, we shud try gifting him barbie dolls, "make-up" kits so they'd grown up to be more "soft" & sensitive, & if daughters they shud be given He-man (not sure if those exist still!) or sum action pack male superhero toys, so they'd grow up to be ruff n tuff?? :P

I was just asking if upbringing has an effect on the difference between men and women. PP explained that enough studies have been done to prove that myth wrong.

[Lambretta]

Ok...

[gaddeswarup]

From:
http://www.scidev.net/announcements/...358&language=1
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International Federation of University Women
Agency: International Federation of University Women (IFUW)

The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) is an international, non-profit organisation of women graduates working to promote lifelong education, to improve the status of women and girls and to enable women to effect positive change for a peaceful world.

Our 79 national affiliates and members in more than 120 countries take an interdisciplinary approach to global issues through international advocacy, networking, research, conferences, seminars, workshops and local community projects.
For further details on elligability, memberships and fellowships please visit:*http://www.ifuw.org/join/index.htm

[pavalamani pragasam]

How about being more practical & futuristic?

This is from today’s newspapers:

The urban successful woman is open to the idea of a house husband, now more than ever

Homely hubby

When the term “housewife” was dropped for the more politically correct expression “homemaker”, it was meant to urbanise the 24/7 unglamorous job of holding the home, hearth and wailing kids. What remained though was the gender connotation that defined the homemaker always as a ‘she’. Herein comes the gender bender concept of the house husbands, who are being sought increasingly by the successful women of the world.

Says Manisha Hirani, who runs a marriage bureau in Vashi, Mumbai, “I’ve been running a marriage bureau for more than 25 years and grooms were always supposed to be either doctors, engineers, NRIs, MBAs or even bankers, media personals etc. But of late, I’ve received enquiries from parents of well established women, looking for men who are okay with taking care of the house. They say that their daughters don’t want to lose out in their climb up the corporate ladder and since salary is not an object, they don’t mind a man who doesn’t earn and is home.”

The concept of house husbands may be new to India, but is quite common in other societies. As social anthropologist Dhruv Chhada observes, “Many tribes in Africa and Northeastern India have societies where the women are the breadwinners of the family. But in the urban context, this concept is catching on only now since women are also proving to be hugely successful in their own careers, add to the fact that by the time they decide to get married they have aged considerably and the best men may be already spoken for.”

[Sandeep]

Call me whatever but

I feel ashamed for the "House Husband" (Physical or mental conditions not withstanding)

[pavalamani pragasam]

[P_R]

Call me whatever but I feel ashamed for the "House Husband" (Physical or mental conditions not withstanding)

Everyday when I drive home weary after a long day I feel quite jealous of retirees and housewives who , in my opinion, are the only ones who stop to smell the roses.

Many men actually take to cooking and home care with greater interest than, for
some reason, they care to admit. Imagine being able to spend quality time with people who matter. A disciplined person will be able to pursue his/her interests in art, reading, movies and..... forumhub

Equal rights ! Down with the social stigma.

Come on guys, let us burn some banians.

[pavalamani pragasam]

kuppura vizunthaalum meesaiyil man ottaathu

[scorpio]

Call me whatever but

I feel ashamed for the "House Husband" (Physical or mental conditions not withstanding)

Do the other men folks also feel the same? I have heard my husband telling many a times that he'd be happy being a 'house husband' and lead a life for himself, say, in another 10 years while I can continue pursuing my corporate dreams and commit to feeding him for the rest of his life

[pavalamani pragasam]

It is time old-fashioned menfolk woke up to newly dawning realities happening inside their ilk & around the whole world!!! And get adjusted !!!

Hurrah to celebrating women!!!

This growing trend, the acceptance of such a mentality coupled with unchecked, increasing female infanticide & foeticide( as indicated by the declining sex ratio) my story, "India smiles" in the story section will no more be a fig of my imagination!