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How do Polish men feel about gender equality? [780]
Equality is an interesting concept... but if it can only be equated by money, then it is inherently flawed and generically useless anyway... because at the end of the day household income is usually shared by both sexes...
In other words I'd say both sexes do work to make life easier for the other.
''Rights" can only be expressed in legislative terms... By their definition they are not *afforded* by men per se, nor earned... (which is the interpretation that *really* irks some women..) but are simply *recognised* by law where they may not have been before... being implemented in all manners within the context of policy and procedure thereafter... (embedded at the macro levels of society).
But then again we can't chop up time and pretend history doesn't matter either... ''Women's Rights'' *have* lagged behind that of Men's, if only because Men's rights have somehow been assumed against that of Women's... (And of course Women do have somewhat different issues which need addressing in this way compared to Men...). But they are not inherently *Women's rights*... they are simply Rights in recognition of the unique requirements of Women (and Mothers) which need to be addressed through fair and judicial means...
But the *Battle of the sexes* which is always raging (in spite of the Women's movement!) makes this all the more complicated... Men see these *Rights* as corresponding to a perceived diminishing of sovereignty, or as being *imposed* on *them* in some way... (on their dominion...)
*Or* they laugh in the face of Women's Rights because they see them as a perverse twist of Equality! Which now recognises Women in society as having greater access to liberties than Men. Tricky...
And although Rights are a concept of choice... it's true that they shouldn't be afforded to one gender over another... (but this is what happened throughout history so we need to deal with that!)
But by the same token, we need to move away from this paradigm whereby *choice* (as afforded to certain individuals in society when for a good reason...) over others, is somehow tantamount to the reduction of choice for others in society... (a threat).
It simply does not always imply that.
All this is silly but it makes the definition of *Equality* even more difficult to extract...
However I do believe that the predominant *domestic* debate over choice (fairness of choice in realtionships/ at home) is down to the behaviours of the reasoned human beings involved... (who are in most cases more reflexive and adaptable than the laws and policies in society to which they are accountable...)
But *movements*, as they are recognised by history, are being pushed usually when there is none of this behavioural buffer... when the end user has found no other way to gain what they consider fair in the situational context which they are in... and so seeks retribution through judicial means...
So all this is an issue of the breakdown of decency between people... that requires *Rights* to be established in the first place...
I guess the Universe has a way of *righting* itself! :))
The fact that this generic idea of *fair* is somewhat skewed and usually completely subjective by nature doesn't help...
I can't sleep! 