Pakistan

What women want

Sharif Lone June 12, 2010

GERMANY: I read Faiza S Khan’s piece ‘What women want’ (June 12) with great interest. However, I disagree with her views. In my opinion, the status of women improved considerably after World War II. The US TV serial, ‘Mad Men’ shows that women were usually just typists in offices during the 60s. Today, women have more important roles.

Few intelligent “culturalists” ever denied that there were biological differences between men and women — they merely stated that historically, these differences were exaggerated into various ideological dogmas underwritten by pure pseudoscience. And in the case of biological facts, differences were not exaggerated but they became the basis for dogmas in cultural and not biological terms. Women have to be given equal treatment and unlike what the writer would have us believe, I think they are getting there slowly.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 13th, 2010.

COMMENTS (2)

Susan Taylor | 14 years ago | Reply Points raised by Sharif Lone, are valid. But in some developing countries the advancement is not as rapid as in west. So more should be done to emancipate women there.

Taneja R.C | 14 years ago | Reply Women are the best financial managers, as from the very begining they learn how to run a kitchen with minimum income and to feed the family. World War 11 forced Countries like Russia, USA, UK and other forward looking Counties forced the issue. Every country that today is progressing, Women are playing a major role. I believe United nation should step up a sepearte Institution to focused delvelopment of women to their full potential. If that happened today,the World will be a different place to live in 75 years.

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