During slave trade era, both men and women where subjected to harsh treatment. The question of the day was mostly about racial superiority –in a donkey and master relationship.
After the world war, women came to the limelight, and many flocked to workstations -having impressed in war adventure. Occupation-wise, they moved to the same radar as men.
Success of civil rights movements in 1960s helped to strengthen the position of a woman in Western Europe. Events soon set impulses to the Middle East. Women, there, did not enjoy the same privileges as men. And they were vulnerable to physical and verbal attacks.
Numerous prejudices were channeled at them. The structures in place had its oppressive dos and don’ts for them. But women, still, were the most oppressed –as they did not enjoy economic, educational and economic rights. Instead, as let down by Napoleon Bonaparte, women in the Middle East were a reserve of the kitchen.
The non-violence was critical strategy in the struggle for civil liberties. Women movements in Middle East applied it for self liberation purpose. The courageous, non- combative action-expression of ones human rights was used emancipate women in Gaza. It was a universal spiritual foundation for earlier rights activist –mainly in Europe and Asia.
As spiritual, it called for faith and determination by passively acting out to denounce human rights violation, boycott payment of taxes, refusal to provide professional services, and disapproval of oppressive rulers -massively. People felt that they could use immediate endowments as choice and passive actions (as given above) in an attempt to make human rights sense to their aggressors.
Famous in successful use of non-violence approach were; Nelson Mandela (South Africa), Martin Luther King (USA), Mahatma Gandhi (India) and Silo (Argentina). They showed courage by expressing their human rights within the same oppressive structural systems.
The advantage to it was that it helped hit at oppressors psychologically, thereby, paralyzing their evil actions. For sure he (oppressor) would have chosen being gunned down rather than mentally intoxicating him -psychologically. It must have been really effective.
In Uganda, strides have been made to liberate women. The country, now, boasts of reasonable number (of women) in political offices at different levels. Employment opportunities too are very much open to them, as is the gate to further studies. As a result, very many are rising to prominence.
There also exist women groups or associations that advocate and uphold women successes in their economic, educational and political strides. In these networks they enjoy advantages of sharing support information, encouraging and supporting education of the girl child etcetera.
As of now, domestic violence is more true to women, who drop out of school earliest. This is so, because they highly dependent on men, and lack sufficient information and knowledge of parenting. And more so, have less value or not at all for education.
Such a trend tends to trickle down to the children, there on by way of limiting their chances to either attaining basic education or higher studies. But emphasis to education has seen off women take positive advances in life. Even adults now go to adult literacy centers for further training.
Christian women too are encouraged to actively play community roles. They get inspiration from Biblical personalities like Mary (mother of Jesus Christ), Ruth and Bathsheba -who played leadership roles in Israel. God used them to fulfill his purpose in the world. Regardless, of ones position and qualifications he or she could make a difference in their communities.
As away of expressing power and liberty, they get involve in acts of lesbianism. The political atmosphere too is worthy appreciating. For it has given women in Uganda a platform to express their views.
Also, a lot of changes are taking place globally with so much movies inflow and unifying communication medium. Women now find themselves capable of doing anything a man would like; managing a business firm, contesting a political office, and acting in self-defense against men violence.
And because of men’s strong impulse for sex, women use them (men) -as means of getting business capital and meeting other economic ends –regardless of if she were; married, just sex fanatic, and at the verge of eloping or cohabiting.
Whilst under women power, men can be so foolish that they would not make shrewd decisions. In instances, where the spouse is wicked, the man too would. Yet if there were to be punished or met by a natural consequence (an action and reaction phenomenon), both would suffer for their sins.
Unfortunately, artificial laws implicate only men, which is terribly wrong –unknowing that women make critical points to any effect, while the men merely nod. The secret of women’s indomitable power tends to only be a preserve for the military. They are usually aware of the problem of trusting women. Soldiers, who all victim of women irresistible influence, could be doing so at own peril.
Besides, with new trends in fashion design and wear, women do make serious “statements” to place men under their control. The lust or love aspect of their power could have far reaching benefits for the intelligent woman.
They could mere make demand and subsequently be met by sexually thirsty men.
No wonder, women can best work for defense or security intelligence gathering. This could explain why President Muammar Gadaffi of Libya preferred women power to men's for recruitment as bodyguards. So, why are women considered the weaker sex?
With such, it sounds great deal of capital for any successful negotiations. It would only be a matter of asking herself, “what?” Surely, women are bound to be decision makers anywhere and anyhow. Already, there are acceptable assertions to that regard –given the saying, “behind every successful man, there is a woman.”
As it is already happening, in future, all decisions would no longer just be bedroom-based -but in all spheres of human activity. Simply, it would be a woman’s availability that would matter -whether one or two of them -to cause an effect by her will.
Then, they could bitterly run for highest political positions no matter whether it is Africa or not, act rudely towards men, control basic power attributes -as sources as money and mineral wealth, bidding for men to marry or even easily approaching them, taking over the independent-minded tendency of “men”, supporting huge family bills –while “men” take over the womanly lifestyle that is babyish –needing care and attention, and playboy-like life.
But women are gradually coming to terms with the changing realities. It is very possible to find a woman entirely supporting a family without the help of a “man” -while at the same time married to “him”.
More so, are cases of single parenthood (mainly of women), which is gratefully embraced to replace the “useless” man (no longer a man). Silva Kyagulanyi’s song -that encourages women to suffer under batter-some men would soon lose market.
As of now, places -where women power overwhelmed men, as in India, It is “women” -who marry “men” and go as far as paying bride wealth for them. In fact, they show greater worry of finding “men” -as men enjoy the “womanly” pride. In this case, while men surprisingly turn feminine, women, on the other hand, do the opposite. What a paradigm shift!
It would, therefore, be true that the so-called decisions men of any caliber make are actually women’s. Men could simply make any such decisions unconsciously. And so is a wave, this time round, called the strength or power of a woman.
We could as well see cultures that earlier genetically discriminated women, get eroded. Should we expect emergence of men movements, thereafter, to advocate gender equity as women movement could have done?
Jacob Waiswa,
Community Psychologist
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www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
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