Re: why should a girl leave her parents home but guys shouldn't?
I never want to reply more than once in a thread, but just the sheer ignorance in this one.
Given your weak physique you still want to go out and fight manly battles? How so considerate of you. Just because you have expressed desire to fight among men you expect armed forces to what? Lower their criteria? What law it is you are talking about that you have to fight? And really nobody gets enlisted through military draft these days? This is the other thing about these Murricans, they are so blissfully ignorant about the world outside of their borders. Did you even bother Googling it before presenting that as a fact? Lady, even in a country like Pakistan which is constantly bashed on these forums, women can try out for armed forces.
Well, are you in one of the countries where military draft is still a reality? I WAS talking about 'Murrica, because that is where I assume you are. My point about being a physiologically weaker species and still wanting to fight in combat was simply a response to your statement about men fighting battles and making it seem like an ehsaan. Why is it an ehsaan when you don't want and expect women to be on a war front?
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Since it's the desi culture we are talking about, how many desi women in Pakistan work as bricklayers, mason? How many desi women did you see laying roofs in the middle of summer? How many desi women gardeners do you know? How many desi women work in a coal mine? What would you rather do? Laundry or lay bricks in the middle of July? The stuff you women b**** about. Oh yeah all those mothers and kaamwalis who have died from inhaling all that coal dust from years of house work. Every single menial, dangerous job in our ohsopatriarchical desi culture is done my men. You know why? Because we still believe that women are the fairer more delicate sex. You can grow your armpit hair all you want, and it still won't change the fact. And how flippin' spoiled are you? You want all the good bits of a man's life and none of the tough ones, like it's a buffet. "Oh equal pay, I'll take that", "Lift as much weight as he can, screw that", "Fix a sewer, no that's icky, that's yucky"
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So cherrypicking examples to make your point is your thing, I get it. Punjab covers nearly half of Pakistan. Do you have any idea most women in rural areas are very involved outside in farming and harvesting? They also do the house chores. I won't talk about masonry because I don't have much information and I won't make facts out of my behind to argue with you.
Besides, why are you talking about things you have never done yourself? I am talking of things I have experience with: that is having no brothers, moving away from my family, working and making money only to have no freedom to live the way I want! Let's hear your experience with everything you have mentioned: bricklaying, combat, fire emergencies, and all those dangerous and menial jobs you want to go in your favor for the sake of this argument but will never do yourself. Puhleaze bro!
Last thing, stop generalizing! I am pretty handy myself. I can fix things myself. I don't need a guy to do everything for me.
