As you can see I haven't made an entry in quite a while and in that time I finished up in Yemen and spent 2 months in Lebanon and Syria. For the moment at least I'm not going to elaborate further on my time since my last entry because they'd be lots to write. Instead, I'll write about a cultural value I noticed clearly due to a partly outsiders perspective I have as a result of my time spent in Yemen.
Women in the western world are almost at full liberty to be violent to men and damage their property in certain circumstances and such actions are generally viewed positively.
For example, suppose a man is unfaithful in a relationship, finds a new partner, ends a relationship in an inconsiderate way or does something similarly unfair to his female partner. Now suppose the ex-girlfriend/wife in this situation destroyed his prized car, slashed his tyres, threw all his things out onto the street and/or punched him in the nose. Western society would generally see such actions as acceptable or deserved although there are legal avenues of accountability for the woman. "Beware of woman's wrath" and so forth. I saw examples of this in an episode of "Two and Half Men", tonight, saw virtually the same situation in a film clip by the band, "the Veronicas", John McClaine's wife in Die Hard punched a reported in the nose at the end of the movie, and there's plenty of other examples frequently present in the media.
Whereas a man who responded to a bad break up in any of those ways would be undoubtedly vilified and increasingly, violent responses to disputes are view more negatively. Why then the disparity I wonder? Because society still thinks of women as the weaker sex? Why does society see women as deserving a higher status in this area? Maybe it's just a often used punched line in the media that doesn't translate into actual society.
I honestly don't have an answer.
Women in the western world are almost at full liberty to be violent to men and damage their property in certain circumstances and such actions are generally viewed positively.
For example, suppose a man is unfaithful in a relationship, finds a new partner, ends a relationship in an inconsiderate way or does something similarly unfair to his female partner. Now suppose the ex-girlfriend/wife in this situation destroyed his prized car, slashed his tyres, threw all his things out onto the street and/or punched him in the nose. Western society would generally see such actions as acceptable or deserved although there are legal avenues of accountability for the woman. "Beware of woman's wrath" and so forth. I saw examples of this in an episode of "Two and Half Men", tonight, saw virtually the same situation in a film clip by the band, "the Veronicas", John McClaine's wife in Die Hard punched a reported in the nose at the end of the movie, and there's plenty of other examples frequently present in the media.
Whereas a man who responded to a bad break up in any of those ways would be undoubtedly vilified and increasingly, violent responses to disputes are view more negatively. Why then the disparity I wonder? Because society still thinks of women as the weaker sex? Why does society see women as deserving a higher status in this area? Maybe it's just a often used punched line in the media that doesn't translate into actual society.
I honestly don't have an answer.
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