This is a serious question for any woman who can be honest with me:
Let's say you were given a magic lamp, and after giving it a good rub, Sambini the genie came out and gave you the oppurtunity to grant the following wish:
That women would finally make the exact same amount as men, and all gender relations would be placed on a level of equality. However, in exchange for this to occur, the entire history of the women's suffrage and rights movements would be erased. no feminist movement, no women's studies on Yahoo! Answers, it would be as if gender equality just happened spontaneously without any traceable cause.
(here's the question)
would you grant that wish, or would you rather continue to struggle for the remaining gender inequality and get to keep the record of history that follows behind it?
Please answer honestly, this isn't a joke nor is it a troll question.
2007-04-29 19:46:21 · 7 answers · asked by urban_myth07 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I'll be Devil's advocate.
"He who does not remember history is doomed to repeat it".
I'd love to take Genie up on the wish, but I'd have some concerns about how to prevent the slow slipping away of women's rights again. Or the targeting of other minorities for the purpose of taking their rights away.
Look at how easy it has been for George Bush to siphon off our rights here in the US. No protest from anyone.
Great question, though.
Good luck
2007-04-30 03:41:40 · answer #1 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep history as it is. The struggle is important to the development of us all. Gender equality needs just to be equality.
2007-05-02 01:31:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a tough one, I have to admit. Equality without effort just doesn't seem as worth it. I would rather allow my fellow feminists to achieve equality ourselves and not accept the help of something that lives in a lamp.
2007-04-30 11:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Without a history to review there is neither a brench-mark nor an incentive to exceed one's own expectations.
2007-05-03 15:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go for it. If it truly went the way you described, I would not need the history.
But before I do, what unspoken curse is attached to my choice? There's always a catch.
2007-04-30 07:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by not yet 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Of course I'd do it. It would be interesting to see what the world would be like... I bet it would be totally different (in a good way).
2007-04-30 09:52:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would like the wish to be granted.
2007-04-30 04:00:39 · answer #7 · answered by MISS KNIGHT 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋