Life Beyond Chores

Ms. Farooqui,

Thank you for this piece, it is quite interesting. I found the Marxian Feminist analysis of unpaid, unacknowledged domestic labor to be even more troubling when applied to issues of gender equity and society. In other words, the subtext of this piece seems to be women cannot transform their societies into more just, representative systems until they are active in all spheres-and their primary labor-domestic-seems to make it difficult for them to organize in political/artistic/economic spheres.

Any thoughts you'd like to share?

re: dawa/echoboom/zeemax sahib
I also agree with Shah2-its not right to try to take over this board in manner you have been. Enough.

I dont agree at all with Javiria and neembu...

Young girls today should be taught and encouraged to respect themselves and learn to say n-o, NO. While at the same time young boys should be reminded not to take the fairer sex for granted. Like a misbehaving dog, their chain should be yanked whenever they get out of line.

Desi culture not only tolerates, but on several levels celebrates the enslavement of their womenfolk. And it is not just a patriarchal thing. Older women play a big role in undermining the next generation, publicly in the name of tradition and customs, secretly out of revenge and bitterness.

It's sad.

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=248169


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