Posted by: Homeyji October 19, 2011
The role of moms and wives in Nepali families
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Behoove me,

Well said. Wow what a quote:

"I advocate for womens' financial freedom more than most do, but does feminism only mean challenging men? How about loving them? "

Behoove me, you further said:
Think about this, women reproduce, they lactate, their hormones change and since they are considered more emotional than their sexual counterparts, the NATURE inadvertently grants them unanimous right to bestow a significant emotional investment to a child as compared to the father.

I want to build on this. Let's talk more about how it is the differences between Nepali fathers and Nepali mothers that make a more diverse, and thus a stronger team. If all Nepali mom's had qualities like Nepali fathers. And all Nepali fathers had qualities that Nepali moms have. There would over-all be an over all weaker team.

Think of your teams at work. If everyone had the same skillset. Wouldn't be a weaker team?

I put togethor a table to see if I could communicate my thoughts clearer:

 
Similarity
Diversity
Get along
Having similar skillsets, back ground, tastes, culture gives us a sense of intimacy. It helps us get along a lot easier. That is why Nepalese tend to hang out with other Nepalese. That is why it is natural to be drawn to the people we associated with in our childhood.
But, if you can get over the hurdles of differences, diversity gives you a lot more richer resources and potential for synergy.
I think the success of the United States is a great example of this (the melting pot of immigrants).
 
I think the American work place is a great example of embracing diversity.  
I think many things American would go in this square
Don’t get along
But there are examples of people in the same family not getting along. So just because you have things in common—familial relationship, cultural background etc, doesn’t necessarily mean that you will get along with everyone that you have things in common with.
 
The more diversity you have, initially, at a superficial level, the harder I think it is to find things in common with to get along. You have to make more effort to get along. This is why people with very different backgrounds have a harder time in marriages and cultural assimilation without putting active work into building better relationships.



So what I am saying is that the strongest position one an be is where you can Get Along and appreciate Diversity, whether it is in a marriage or a team a nation or whatever. But it takes work to overcome our superficial biases. It takes maturity and a sense of a higher purpose to unite while appreciating differences.  
 
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