I do feel that a gender war does exist, but not the extent that some people make it out to be. For instance, you see many men and women interacting in the workplace such as there are quite a few high executive women in large corporations, not as many as men, but there are still quite a few. Many people seem to think that is a huge place for the gender wars, but maybe the reason we don't see as many women in high executive positions is because they choose not to go that career path and have that as their goals, or they choose a different career such as nursing, or teaching.
I have personally never experienced any type of gender war. I have grown up always believing that men and women are equal. I know there are some people who think that women should have all the same rights or I guess a better word would be, the same opportunities such as in the workplace etc. I personally have never had to deal with any type of "gender" war in my own personal life, but I know that it does slightly go on.
I do think the metaphor war is dangerous. When I think of a war I picture people walking around with guns shooting at people with the intent to kill. This is not the case in this war. If it were truly a war, then men and women would not pair up with the intent to marry and procreate, I think a better work or metaphor that could be used would maybe be like the gender controversies or maybe even the gender issues. I just think using the gender wars is not a good metaphor.
I especially agree with the point of females in companies. I often hear the statistic quoted that 10% of U.S. CEO's are women. I always have to wonder if that is by oppression, or by chosen career path. It could be both, or a combination of the two, but I feel it's a fair point.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think that the guns in war point is good too. This is a silent "war," that no one wants to talk about. It's out there and people see it all the time (like in some of the commercials we watched), but people are either desensitized, or pretend not to see it, even though they perpetuate it.