Has the status of women declined or improved over the past thirty years?
I think looking at exceptional women can be a red herring: I do think it’s a positive that there are more women in prominent roles in government than 30 years ago, BUT I’m not convinced that life has actually improved for the average women. Especially if you take a global view — Miss Lynnster mentioned India and Egypt, but off the top of my head there’s also Iran, where the current government definitely oppresses women more than the one in the 70s, and global problems like urban slums hit women harder — I’m reading Mike Davis’ Planet of Slums right now and he discusses how the lack of basic amenities like toilets are really more of a challenge to women than men, because women can’t just take a crap wherever, they’re still expected to be modest, which means that they basically have to go in isolated places at night, which — among other things — can affect their health generally and makes them vulnerable to sexual assault. Maybe women in developed countries are better off, but that’s
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