International Women’s Day #EachForEqual
Gosh… that really got me thinking.
As a woman who has been treated differently because I had a baby, the theme this year has really struck a cord with me.
Even though I tackled issues through the appropriate channels, I am still not allowed to talk about things (so I had better not!).
But how are things going to change if we can’t stand up and talk about it all freely?
I fully endorse the fact that women are equal to men and should be treated as such.
I also acknowledge that there is such a long way to go.
But today is a great day for us to celebrate all the great women we know. And I am on board with that one hundred per cent.
Thank you to all the strong and influential women in my life that have supported me through good and bad.
While I don’ t want to miss the point of today – I wanted to add that there are also men that have equally supported and influenced me throughout my life.
Not all women treat other women equally, and these people (male and female) are also there to teach us all valuable lessons to keep fighting back about inequality.
We do all need to stick together to fight for change.
As a Mummy of a boy it is my mission to raise a young man who treats each and everyone equally and with respect.
Why?
Because his Mummy told him to and he respects that, just as I would if I’d a daughter too, because we are all equal and a product of our environment and experiences.
Discrimination in the workplace, Equal Pay, Family/Domestic violence – each for equal = time for change.
Nina Martin 1st degree connection 1st
Semi-Retired author and researcher.
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For starters men and women aren’t equal and never will be, nothing to do with ‘rights’ or politics. We are designed differently, we have different strengths and weaknesses, we all have different talents and skills, male and female. I don’t want to be considered equal to a man, I want to be seen as different to a man, that is true individuality. As for the woman in the article being seen differently now she is a breeder, no sympathy here. When I was much younger, my career was hampered because I was ‘obviously’ going to breed and that would affect my job (I have no children). Once I was past the age of breeding, around the 40 mark, I was then expected to bend over backwards to accommodate those that had CHOSEN to breed, I got the long shifts, the anti-social shifts, the weekends, I worked every Christmas. I also worked at least twice as hard in the office as most of the female breeders, because while they were organising their offspring’s social life, dance classes, dentists appointments, birthday parties etc., someone had to actually do the work we were ALL paid to do, that came down to the men, whether breeders or not and the women who by choice or nature also had not bred.
Hi Nina – you are describing a young mum as a breeder? A bit dehumanising don’t you think? Yes men and women are different – truisms always carry some weight! But surely, you can be equal while remaining difference … and are you seriously complaining about you having to help out when a colleague was off for maternity reasons? Did you feel the same when people were off ill? You say that when you were younger, you felt your career would be affected by being a potential breeder … don’t you think things should have changed by now?
By referring to mothers as breeders you, possibly deliberately, set the tone of your comment. I believe in equality of opportunity from whatever angle the subject is broached. I also believe in the saying ‘vive la difference’. Many women manage to be innovative, feminine and have successful careers in spite of the undeniable unhelpful attitude of society – all over the world. We should all admire the spirit and strength they show, It is not helpful when man or woman decries their struggles and ignores the millions who succeed.. Thanks be that change is taking place, albeit too slowly. Re-read your own comment and see the negativity in it, Nina.