Olympe de Gouges
“Children have a special close connection with their mothers that can't be matched with the relationship they have with their fathers. It's often said that if women ruled the world, there would be no wars because, as mothers, they couldn't bring themselves to send their sons to war. A world ruled by men seems to have no problem doing so. And now they send their daughters, too”.
So why aren’t there more women leaders, I mean a world without wars wouldn’t that be great!? I think that, again the prejudices play a big part! People think that men are stronger but what are the proofs? I mean both England and Germany have female leaders and both countries are going great.
If you look back in time when we were nomads, all were equal, everyone’s work for the tribe was just as important, and when children were born they belonged to the tribe and not no the parents. Then we became settlers, we started to build our own houses and suddenly we started to get more civilized and the men wanted their sons to become inheritors, so they had to be sure of which son were theirs and there was only one way to know, they had to “isolate” the women. Here is where it all started, when women became inferior to the man. So as you understand we have had this “system” for a while now so it is not strange that it is the way it is in the society today and that we are used to it. The political ideologies and religions etc have supported this. So, what keeps us from having an equal society? Why is it so hard to get there?
// Hedvig
I like your thoughts Hedvig! It is said that behind every successful man stands a woman. I believe that it might be quite true in many ways. But it is totally time for women to stand in the front themselves.
As you wrote, back when we were nomads men and women were more equal than we are today. It actually seems like we went backwards, and stayed there. Almost like the dark middle ages, and then they went back to the ideas of the glorious antiquity. It is like we are still in the middle ages when it comes to equality.
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Well, written Hedvig!
I think that we are doing improvements in areas concerning equality between men and women and in Sweden we are pretty close, I think it's more up to us women now not to be satisfied with just being close! I totally agree with you that women would be as good leaders as men, we just need to fight for it a little bit more
It's sad though that not all countries are as Sweden, and I guess in some places we are still at the Middle Ages as Victoria Wrote. I can imagine living in a Conservative male-dominated country, as a woman can't be easy. And making a difference must be difficult, but if some people have done it once why can't we just do it again, right? I guess all we need is some Olympe de Gouges to start!
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Amazing article Hedvig!
Hope we have different opinions and ideas about Gouges declaration. In many ways countries, women face difficulties finding and keeping paid work or earning a wage that is equivalent to men’s. In some regions, they are not allowed to inherit or own property or are discouraged from doing so, meaning that a woman without male protection has very few ways to support herself or her children. Back in the days I think they had not the knowledge about the women rights and there is still some problem with it.
