My point of view is that the better decision to take is to opt out of such things as much as possible, if you want to be happy.
Then we're in total agreement. Unfortunately, it's hard to opt out of earning a crust.
Ceres said:
Also, why is female emancipation guaged in what job they can get, what salary they can earn?
It's not. At least not solely - that's only one measure, albeit one that has particularly profound implications given our society's worship of the accumulation of wealth and emphasis on material gain.
Out of interest, what other measures do you think should really be taken into account?
Ceres said:
If there is a glass ceiling preventing women in this country being all they can be, it's a psychological one in their own heads.
Disagree, profoundly. But confusingly, you also seemed to acknowledge that the deck is indeed stacked against women:
Ceres said:
if women want to change it then they have to make that change happen, aggressively, which isn't easy when there is an already established power structure.
Which seems kinda contradictory.
Ceres said:
having power boils down to how good you are at being a total cunt, male or female.
If by 'power' you mean within the existing socioeconomic framework, then as much of a a generalisation as that is, I'm inclined to agree. But then that's part of what what feminism's about in the wider sense - rejecting the current socioeconomic framework (which reflects several centuries of disproportionate patriarchal influence) and replacing it with one that offers fewer rewards for being a 'total cunt'.
So it's not about women leapfrogging men on the ladder, so much as the ladder itself being dismantled. Seems a bit defeatist to just accept a society that rewards 'total cunts', no? Or indeed, to implicitly endorse that culture by claiming that women will have to "aggressively"pursue any progress.
But if I may, can we just return to the post which initially raised eyebrows?
Ceres said:
i think it's a refusal to grow up, getting inculcated with a sense of entitlement from an early age, growing up with the mistaken belief that being female is enough to get through life on etc etc, the average western woman is a psychological trainwreck.
Please explain this 'false sense of entitlement' further, and maybe also why you single out western women as psychological trainwrecks? What could a 'western' woman learn from an 'eastern woman' for example?
Or even western men, whom I see you don't include in your statement? Just curious, not having a go. I can't discern the source of your apparent frustration with women in particular, see.
Anyway, Monday. Joy.