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That's an exciting read and it's hard to grasp the sheer numbers involved here, no wonder bandwidth is troublesome at these scales. Feels like this could event

That's an exciting read and it's hard to grasp the sheer numbers involved here, no wonder bandwidth is troublesome at these scales. Feels like this could eventually start a liberating movement for women across the country.

Guthur 6y ago
Don't worry, no one is ever that interested in men being happy anyway.
- pascalmahe 6y ago
  That's because men are not victims of a system tailored to others' needs. Women are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India
  - Guthur 6y ago
    And so your point is their happiness doesn't matter? I can guarantee you there are many unhappy men that does see this so called advantage.
llampx 6y ago
Seems a bit of a leap to suggest that only men are interested in controlling women.
- pascalmahe 6y ago
  Parent said nothing about only men being interested in controlling women. On the contrary, liberation of women can be liberation from mothers, mother in-laws, grandmothers...
varvar 6y ago
Liberating women from what exactly? It all seems ridiculous myth making, considering what indians have shared here on HN about how much asymmetrical power indian women have available through the court system in India, and the sort of abuses they inflict regularly, the misuse of the assymetry for material gain etc. But yeah I get it. It's the new Democracy + Capitalism freedom making program they NEED to go through for their own good.
- pascalmahe 6y ago
  > Liberating women from what exactly? Take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_Indi...
  - varvar 6y ago
    Hah this article. Was this even wikipedia? So it concludes that we need to take down the Patriarchy and the Sexism in India. So I was right. We need to intervene in their society, and change it to liberate their women. Because we know best. And whoever doesn't align with that, must be supportive of violence against women. Shame on them too.
- croissants 6y ago
  Restricting to people age 25+, Indian men average 8.7 years of education, and Indian women average 5.4 [1]. Add in the sclerotic nature of Indian courts, and unless I'm really misreading this data, it's hard for me to imagine that Indian women averaging an elementary school education are en masse closing this gap through legal maneuvers. Maybe you're referring to a specific subgroup of women? [1] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND

Guthur 6y ago

Don't worry, no one is ever that interested in men being happy anyway.

pascalmahe 6y ago
That's because men are not victims of a system tailored to others' needs. Women are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India
- Guthur 6y ago
  And so your point is their happiness doesn't matter? I can guarantee you there are many unhappy men that does see this so called advantage.

llampx 6y ago

Seems a bit of a leap to suggest that only men are interested in controlling women.

pascalmahe 6y ago
Parent said nothing about only men being interested in controlling women. On the contrary, liberation of women can be liberation from mothers, mother in-laws, grandmothers...

varvar 6y ago

Liberating women from what exactly? It all seems ridiculous myth making, considering what indians have shared here on HN about how much asymmetrical power indian women have available through the court system in India, and the sort of abuses they inflict regularly, the misuse of the assymetry for material gain etc. But yeah I get it. It's the new Democracy + Capitalism freedom making program they NEED to go through for their own good.

pascalmahe 6y ago
> Liberating women from what exactly? Take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_women_in_Indi...
- varvar 6y ago
  Hah this article. Was this even wikipedia? So it concludes that we need to take down the Patriarchy and the Sexism in India. So I was right. We need to intervene in their society, and change it to liberate their women. Because we know best. And whoever doesn't align with that, must be supportive of violence against women. Shame on them too.
croissants 6y ago
Restricting to people age 25+, Indian men average 8.7 years of education, and Indian women average 5.4 [1]. Add in the sclerotic nature of Indian courts, and unless I'm really misreading this data, it's hard for me to imagine that Indian women averaging an elementary school education are en masse closing this gap through legal maneuvers. Maybe you're referring to a specific subgroup of women? [1] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IND