Women’s unequal world

re: Women’s unequal world

Nicolas — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:21:39 GMT

To Fei Sha: I actually came across this yesterday. It should give new insights to some of your interrogation why China is rated so low

www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Chinas_sticky_floor_2354

re: Women’s unequal world

Nicolas — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:23:55 GMT

my mistake. the page was not fully loaded the first time. I can see the link to the full study

re: Women’s unequal world

Nicolas — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:21:37 GMT

I am also quite surprised to see South Korea and Japan in a light color especially when the study is supposed to take into account social institutions, codes of behaviour, and traditions, which are bigger impediments than formal or informal laws. Was it counterbalanced by "the extent of freedom of movement, of dress". What were the key indicators of the study? What is the background of the people involved in the study? this would be very interesting additionnal information

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Fei Sha — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:33:25 GMT

I'm amused that your "study" assigns the same index to China and Algeria. Has anyone of you has actually been in China to see what happens there?

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Hannah Smith — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:58:03 GMT

I surprised that I don't see Saudi Arabia at the bottom of the list, furthermore, that this country appears with a very light colour!

re: Women’s unequal world

Lucas Hainsworth — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:42:26 GMT

While I understand and appreciate that there is severe injustice in the world and that women should enjoy the access to freedom and liberty that men have,

I feel that to assume that Males and Females are inherently the same type of beings is to deny reality. The argument isn't "1 man = 1 woman" or "1 man > 1 woman" but "1 human = 1 human" and women are not provided with the opportunities that the men are to actualise their dreams.

Equality implies parity and while this is true, no human is more valuable than any other - I feel the values that you are trying to measure can be somewhat intangible when you are comparing people across cultures and national boundaries.

Rather than calling it a measure of womens "inequality" why not call it a prejudice or discrimination index.

Then you could extend it into more objects than just womens affairs, but things like wealth disparity and lack of access to education etc.

re: Women’s unequal world

the king — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:03:56 GMT

very true