Re: Emancipation of women
^ The concept of subjugation is conditioned with the perception of rights, both an induced or acquired perception. For example, freedom of speech is relatively a new idea but its proponents are more vocal about it these days because of the fact that dispensation of ideas has become a powerful weapon in the hands of two conflicting segments of the societies. They are either relatively powerless or those who want to control the mass reflection of social behavior of a society.
All I want to say is that subjugation may reflect a “living list”, however all what may be included in the fine print of list owes its existence from two main categories;
1) Right to live
2) Right to decide how to live.
Where no one, in this day and age, would contest and compete against the freedom of right to live, many may be antagonist to an idea of “right to decide”, especially when the responsibility of decision making is considered as a privilege rather than an onus.
Let’s take “right to decide” as a starting point for your rationale, its ramification and its off-shoot of financial independence. Is a financially independent woman more emancipated, if so what is the cost, both tangible and intangible