[Assam] Rediff/Forbes: career women: my mother, Princess Diana , Prophet Muhammad, our housemaid couldn't disagree more

[umesh sharma]

http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/aug/24forbes1.htm 
   
  Hi,
   
  This article shows the bias in the media -even in the west. It shows that males are incapable of raising children and females are incapable of having careers. This sick mentality has no basis in nature. female tigers and females of other species have killed prey and provided for their young ones -they are career females in that sense. Many famous career women have long standing non-famous husbands -such as Indian Police Officer Kiran Bedi, Julia Roberts the Hollywood actor . However, traditionally there has been demand for "trophy wives" by well placed bachelors (beautiful, cultured etc) as seen in young teens wearing T-shirts saying "A future trophy wife" -in the West also. Also the Western media promotes most eligible bachelors in the traditional way - rich and famous-period. Not as good househusbands but as money earners or bread winners. Perhaps that is why the research mentioned in the above article shows that not only are many men put off by richer women (Prophet
 Muhammad married a richer and older woman -a widow - 1300 years ago -so most liberal?) but even women are put off by a less money earning house-husband. In villages and the poor in India etc women do most of the work -in the fields, as housemaids, as construction workers - they are career women. Have been for centuries or thousands of years -with no significant affect on their marital lives. Any comments? Umesh 


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