post=82615870:
We hope they listen.....

ursullalinda:
Valid points made, one should get things by merit not with mediocrity

midnighter:


The men in govt are mediocre so they should let some equally mediocre women in too if they are serious...

We should all be mediocre together...

midnighter:
Trash. Trashiest trash in the trashdom of Trashistan.

Why not leave the subject if you don't know what to say. Women's participation in national life is a complex and sensitive issue.

It's men who take advantage of gender inequality for political, societal, economic and educational gains, if he didn't know.

Come on! He's too enlightened to be sounding like this

Citizenshelm:


“So I will urge women in maritime to stop begging because it is their entitlement. Women are manipulators and can manipulate men to sign what they wouldn’t want to sign Women are more brilliant.”

http://igberetvnews.com/1026658/women-should-stop-begging-for-government-appointments-amaechi/

safarigirl:
That is how some people want to force two poorly behaved women of questionable character and intelligence on us in BBNaija, because a woman must win.

A lot of women think they should be handed things because they came to this world with a vagina.

lagoskind:


Who stopped women from contesting?

Divepen1:
Safarigirl should advise midnighter....


From different Ted Talks and research, it has been discovered that women do not always have grits in complicated things.
They just pause and give up. I think one such talk was the one by the owner of Khan Academy, where he said women would come to complain that something was wrong with them for not understanding certain equations; thus, they need to give up.
Meanwhile, their male counterparts will tell him how they feel they're missing something in the equation and would definitely get it

midnighter:


Not who, but what

Intimidation, endemic misogyny in educational, political and religious institutions, pressure on women to prioritise marriage and "keeping a man" above all else from a young age, low prosecution rates for rapes and sexual assaults, gender wage gaps (low financial empowerment)...should I continue...

These are insidious and entrenched societal ills that need tackling, he shouldn't be making flippant remarks about seducing men into signing contracts

Why can't he just leave it if he has nothing in particular to say

lagoskind:


Lol... Feminism 101. You're just learning work abi.
When did you contest and get intimidated? Stay there and keep complaining while powerful women dominate in business and other facets of life.

post=82615870:
We hope they listen.....

midnighter:


This is not about feminism, if you don't see how women are deterred from political life via societal factors all the time then we cannot help each other.

Pointing out the embedded flaws in a system is different from toxic female entitlement.

midnighter:


You don't get it, I'm talking about entrenched systems and perceptions that reduce the chance of the woman succeeding

If it's a black man trying to succeed abroad and the system gets him you won't write paragraphs about how black man does not have the right attitude towards understanding mathematical formulas

lagoskind:


Ok now. You can start addressing those social factors too in your own little capacity. All I know is that men won't back down or soft pedal on their own ambitions just because women want more opportunities. Go hard or go home is the name of the game honey.

midnighter:


Not who, but what

Intimidation, endemic misogyny in educational, political and religious institutions, pressure on women to prioritise marriage and "keeping a man" above all else from a young age, low prosecution rates for rapes and sexual assaults, gender wage gaps (low financial empowerment)...should I continue...

These are insidious and entrenched societal ills that need tackling, he shouldn't be making flippant remarks about seducing men into signing contracts

Why can't he just leave it if he has nothing in particular to say