Porthole

Female empowerment is an issue? Not everywhere!

I commented regarding hullabaloo22 's entry on female empowerment [edited]:

It [female empowerment] has been done many places in the world... since the beginning [of] time.

Beloved women ran Cherokee villages. Even now a Mohawk warrior who will stand up to armed state police fears a clan mother.

Women run many businesses in Taiwan and their female president, Tsai Ing-wen, was re-elected February 11th.

Nations as diverse as Rwanda (61 & 38%), Mexico, Bolivia and Spain have percentages over 40 and even 50 of women in government.

Appearance... very important for young people, both male and female, in Costa Rica. Japanese girls (tourists in Taiwan) seem extremely self-conscious. But so are cookie-cutter American cheerleaders. [Definitely a cultural and consumerism issue].

Models are so much more diverse these days. Look at magazines from 1950 if you question this.

Fear? There are many countries where it is perfectly safe for men and women to go out at any hour of the day. Montana only seems that way but Taiwan, Japan, Portugal, Kosovo? No prob.

All anyone, including me and you, can do is work on these issues locally. That's where any needed change begins. Some parts of the world are light years ahead.

[Look to them for inspiration and guidance.]

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