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> A humane solution is to improve education and rights for women globally Why not "improve education and rights for people globally"?

• Mz 11y ago
  I would like to see the world become a better place for people globally. The problem with your framing is that trying to enhance the "rights" of men has a tendency to make our current problems worse. The things men typically need in order to live more balanced, healthy, full lives is an ability to provide self care instead of relying on a woman to do it, slack time that they rarely get, and so on. You could discuss that in terms of rights, but that isn't really what most people will think of when you talk about rights for men. Rights for children are legally limited because their decision making ability is still formative. Rights for women have a well established and proven track record of counterbalancing the deficiencies of the so called "patriarchy", a term I loathe but I don't know how else to frame this particular point. Rights for women often revolve around things like maternity leave, which helps protect both the health of the child and the career of the mother. So I make statements like the above in spite of not self-identifying as a feminist because it is the most proven method I know of for moving things forward.
  • tomp 11y ago
    Hm... well, as "rights" I understand things like freedom of speech, including the ability to criticize the government, justice, no persecution, democracy, accessible healthcare, low corruption, etc... I think without these, there's little use for maternity leave or reproductive rights
    • Mz 11y ago
      Well, then I will suggest you have a poor understanding of how most women experience life. And I will also suggest that my position might make more sense if you just think of it in terms of female empowerment and try to not get too hung up on the word rights.