Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. ~Margaret Mead
2007-09-29 17:35:36 · 8 answers · asked by edith clarke 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Kessie and Nicki have it right. Gender stereotypes lock all people into roles that they might not chose otherwise. Men were always expected to be the "breadwinner." Slaving in the workforce until they dropped dead in their boots. Now women can share the financial burden. Now men can sew or cook if they want to and women can mow the yard. (In pants no less.)
Margaret Mead was a women ahead of her time. Some of her research may have been discredited but I'd have to read and research that action myself before I would necessarily accept the truth of that.
2007-10-03 10:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tend to agree. However are You familiar with the context in which this statement was made? Just curious.
I believe that at the time She was defending Her research methodology......as a Lesbian She had only asked questions of young women and girls and had not bothered to interact with the 'Wise' Women or tribal Elders, ie, Men. This caused some of Her findings to be slightly less than unbiased at best and blatantly inaccurate in the extreme. But I could be wrong.
2007-09-30 01:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Disagree.
The quote is, I believe, meant to reject the idea that equality is a zero-sum game, and that women can't win without men losing.
I agree with that point. A woman's liberation does not entail a man's oppression.
But the claim could also be used to say that men are just as oppressed by sexism as women are. They aren't.
Will men be better off with women having greater equality in our society? In the long run, yes. But not because men need to be "liberated". Rather because men will have a chance to be better human beings because of it.
2007-09-30 00:52:10 · answer #3 · answered by Gnu Diddy! 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Margaret Mead.
Written many tomes which I last read in the early 1970's.
Researched in Samoa for one of her books.
She was at first considered to be quite controversial but then her research was dismissed by notable academics.
Not sure whether I would agree or disagree with a statement made by her.
2007-09-30 00:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agree. A liberated women need not depend on men, freeing up the man to live as HE pleases without constantly worrying about her approval.
2007-09-30 09:47:50 · answer #5 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Agree. I believe she was referring to freeing from social norms. As women remove their shackles to live more as they choose to, so are the men freed - from their social expectations. One example that stands out is sexual freedom. Not too long ago, females were expected to be virgins when they married and there was no sex out of wedlock unless you were a whore. Whole different story today, huh guys?
2007-09-30 00:48:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Agreed.
Gender role stereotypes don't just lock women in.
2007-09-30 00:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
OK now that one i like , it shows that there can be Harmony between men and women. i really liked it a lot.
2007-09-30 00:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by just another man 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋