Posted by: Homeyji October 19, 2011
The role of moms and wives in Nepali families
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Great discussion, guys. Vivant it's wonderful to hear from you.

I want to echo on one of the points that Pulsar Beats made. I think that we are so busy highlighting, fighting for and just going nuts over the importance of establishing the 'equality' between men and women that we have completely lost touch with how they are different. I think this is soooo unfortunate.

I don't know if I can begin to start from where to make my point. But let me try to give an analogy:

If we lived in a world where the different kinds of fruits felt threatened with who they individually were, wouldn't that be unfortunate?

In other words, imagine if an apple felt threatened and felt like he was second best because he was not more like a banana. Or imagine if an orange felt like he did not have the right to be proud because he was not as purple as the grape. Or the grapefruit could not be satisfied with itself because it did not have the flavor of the guava.

If all the fruits in the world engaged in politics and fought for equality, wouldn't it all kind of come out a little bland and tasteless, don't you think? Wouldn't that be kind of unfortunate for the rest of us. Don't you think?

I see the same thing with men and women. We, in the world, have been so freaking busy fighting for the equality between men and women that showing how they are both as good enough as the other in the same criterias....that I think we have really missed the point in highlighting how they are different.

I don't know if I can state my point better but this topic hurts me at a personal level somewhere.
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