Are you satisfied with your gender?

Mojo · 07-04-2010, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jibber

There have been quite a few girls/women on here comment that they really feel they have been held back by their gender. Now, I can certainly see how in many, MANY situations, being female makes things a little more difficult for me, but I honestly can not come up with a single instance where I was actually denied an opportunity because of being female (aside from certain religious ceremonies or rituals I was denied entrance to while travelling, but that's a pretty isolated and obscure situation). I'm really curious to know how you were actually held back from a specific goal?

Im really curious to know some of the responses to this too. I am not going to claim that we are completely equal in all walks of life just yet because i dont believe we are quite there yet but in our average, day-to-day life i just dont happen to be seeing women being held back. I dont see women losing jobs, failing to get a job or frankly any other instance of women actually unfairly losing out on an opportunity or being held back simply for the reason that they are female. If this is not always the case then i would be very interested to hear some stories the women here may have.

Goblin Tears · 07-04-2010, 06:59 AM

In lesser developed countries, it's not uncommon for women to live in constant fear of rape and abuse, even female circumcision. Living in England or other well off countries, it's easy to assume the sexes are equal, or at least almost equal, but some countries are two worlds away from that ideal.

jibber · 07-04-2010, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Goblin Tears

In lesser developed countries, it's not uncommon for women to live in constant fear of rape and abuse, even female circumcision. Living in England or other well off countries, it's easy to assume the sexes are equal, or at least almost equal, but some countries are two worlds away from that ideal.

Well obviously, but that's not what I asked. I asked the women who responded in this thread to explain how exactly they had been really held back from something because of their gender. Many women did not say that it was more difficult, or that they faced obstacles being a woman, they said they had actually been held back from something by being a women. I'm curious to hear how that happened, because I can honestly say I've never been passed over or denied anything that I wanted because of my gender.

Goblin Tears · 07-04-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jibber

Well obviously, but that's not what I asked. I asked the women who responded in this thread to explain how exactly they had been really held back from something because of their gender. Many women did not say that it was more difficult, or that they faced obstacles being a woman, they said they had actually been held back from something by being a women. I'm curious to hear how that happened, because I can honestly say I've never been passed over or denied anything that I wanted because of my gender.

I wasn't responding to you.

Astronomer · 07-04-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Goblin Tears

In lesser developed countries, it's not uncommon for women to live in constant fear of rape and abuse, even female circumcision. Living in England or other well off countries, it's easy to assume the sexes are equal, or at least almost equal, but some countries are two worlds away from that ideal.

It's not uncommon for women to fear rape and abuse in developed countries, too. One in 4 women in developed countries will be raped or sexually abused at some point in their lifetime. This is significantly higher than males.

But I'm not going to go into detail all of the circumstances in which I was disadvantaged because of my gender because they are pretty personal, and last time it just ended badly for everyone and I just pretty much can't be bothered arguing this topic again and again now with males.

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Goblin Tears Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 337	In lesser developed countries, it's not uncommon for women to live in constant fear of rape and abuse, even female circumcision. Living in England or other well off countries, it's easy to assume the sexes are equal, or at least almost equal, but some countries are two worlds away from that ideal.