Last month, I had to collect a cousin of mine at the airport and well to put it straight and simple- I had to attend to nature's call! ( +Chesika Maulloo +Priya Bhirgoo +Maheemah Sonia Bokhoree haha xD). So there I went treading to the cabins.
I was baffled when my eyes loomed over this:
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| Picture taken outside the SSR National Airport's Bathrooms. |
We'll just in case you didn't notice what i was hoping you would, there you go:
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| Picture of a woman(obviously, man apparently do not wear skirts) changing their babies diapers in their Bathroom Cabins! |
People, The last time I checked- We are living in 2014.
But this seems to be a picture taken back in the primitive ages-right let us suppose that diapers had already been invented then :S.
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I was mind-boggled and I could not help lashing out about the discrimination and gender inequality portrayed in the Information Board during the return journey! And obviously, my Dad decided to turn a deaf ear :'(I mean Gender Equality is not achieved though merely passing some Equal Opportunity Act for Goodness sake! These are the "small" things that promulgate and echoes great PERPETUATION if not CREATION of such paradigms in the minds of our toddlers!!!! Aaarghhh..!!
Why cannot a man change a kid's diapers? I mean for all I knew, man in my family do that! Are they mad or abnormal? My Dad used to do it.
But the message that that Information Board screamed was that Changing Diapers is merely and only women's tasks? How many men change kids diapers at home- what happens when thrusted into the public realm? Somewhere the existence of these Information Boards ought to be re-directing us social individuals that only a women is allowed to change a baby's diaper?!
At that instance all that clicked in my mind was that this demonstrated how Women are time and again confined to jobs seen as "mediocre", "useless" and "unproductive". For me this only stopped to gender discrimination. It merely encourages the oldest political game of humanity-this epic battle that has raged since humans have walked the earth-a political game that has long created a hierarchy of unequal rights, values, freedom and views. But I was startled when I got connected to the net.
I was shocked when I googled this issue. The research I did was something that paralysed me- Apparently, in some societies, men are not allowed to change diapers because it implies seeing a baby's genitals! Gosh!!? (Kid Me +Maheemah Sonia Bokhoree- What genitals are they talking about?! :O ) This cannot be serious.
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"United States: In a survey of parents by Pampers last year, nearly 70 percent of men responded that they changed diapers just as often as their wives. And 11 percent said they changed more diapers. A different study found that men are actually faster at changing diapers. I think all of this is good news as moms need help while recovering from child birth and in many cases taking on the task of nursing.
But while the majority of dads are dealing with blow-outs here in the United States, those in other countries have varied feelings about getting their hands near the mess.
One question male participants were asked was whether diapering is a woman’s responsibility. Eight-six percent of Indian men responded yes, 61 percent in Rwanda, and 46 percent in Chile, compared to 29 percent in Croatia, 26 percent in Mexico, and 10 percent in Brazil. If you’re a new mom Brazil is the place to be." Source.
I'm done with Women always having to PROVE themselves! The fact that Men come forward and do not mind being the Diaper Changer is laudable indeed. But why institutions do not seem to catch that yet is something that pisses me off ><!
YES!
HE CAN DO IT!