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Liberating women from what exactly? It all seems ridiculous myth making, considering what indians have shared here on HN about how much asymmetrical power indi
by 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 agoHah 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 agoRestricting 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