Children of women and men

» To fix gender imbalance, you must first fix the culture

Elliot Chan
? Opinions Editor
~. We, Sopinions@theotherpress.ca

  

en China enforced

the one-child policy in
the late ’7o0s, few foresaw the
gender imbalance that resulted
from it. In Chinese culture, the
male gender was preferred. The
male gender had privileges. It
is a sexist ideal that is slowly
but surely fading, but it is not
without consequences. The
result is a high number of men
without mates. This is more
than a crisis of dudes not getting
laid; it’s a problem of humanity.
Humans are creatures that
function naturally as couples,
and with the disruption of
nature, these men will live, grow
old, and die single—unhealthily.

Today, we are on the

precipice of making the same
mistake in a number of ways. A
recent report from The United
Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees cited that 58
per cent of refugees from the
Middle East into Europe are
men; 17 per cent are women. It
has been considered dangerous
for women to migrate alone.
Oftentimes, they wait for a
male counterpart, such as a
husband, brother, or father,
to arrive in the new country
first and then send for them
afterward. What we need to do
now is better understand the
process of migrating for women.

: What is the procedure of entry?
: What is being implemented

: in order to protect them? I'm

: sure there is little being done.

Closer to home, we are

: not without gender imbalance

: of our own. Many high-level

: occupations are still considered
: boys’ clubs, creating a classic

: glass ceiling. While it may seem
: like an easy barrier to break,

: it isn’t; it takes generations

: and it begins while women are

: young. Empowerment is not

: a phase. It’s not something :
: someone grows into. It’s a way of :
: living. When girls and boys are
: brought up to have aspirations of !
: running acompany and to value :
: collaborating with the opposite
: sex instead of against them, we :
: can be assured that those lessons :
: will follow them even after :
: they grow out of adolescence. :
: However, those same lessons :
: are changing the conventional

: values of men and women.

: Women who aspire to start a

: company and be more selective
: with mates are less likely to

: get married young and are less
: likely to have children. But this
: is, again, more than a problem
: of dudes not getting laid.

While we may believe our

population will be on a constant
: rise, that isn’t true. It is believed
: that the human population will
: plateau at around g billion—

: from there, whether it holds

: steady or decreases is up to the

: push of the next generation.

: But for so many years men have
: treated women as nothing but

: birthing mechanisms. I can

: only hope that the population

: will decrease for that case, so

: that that cultural ideal can die.

The one-child policy was

not a bad idea. It was the culture
: that failed it. If China valued
: women the same as men, would

: such gender imbalance happen?
: In Europe and the Middle East,

: gender-imbalance for refugees

: didn’t happen because women

: were meek, but because the

: culture targeted women as

: sexual objects. In the western

: world, women weren't CEOs

: because they weren't smart

: and savvy; it was because they

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: were told they had to raise a
: family. They don’t.

This cultural shift will

: mean that people on Earth,

: male or female, will have more

: resources. And those same men
: and women will be empowered
: to make the most of their

: existence. As people, we need

: to do more than multiply.

  

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Do you have the time?

» Let’s hope women who took part in #WasteHisTime will find Prince Charming

Elliot Chan
Opinions Editor
~. We, S opinions@theotherpress.ca

  

[i a scary world out there for
single men and women—even
for people in relationships—and
with trends like #WasteHisTime
it appears as though it is only
getting worse. #WasteHisTime
first started as a way for women
to get back at the men they had
dated, had relationships with,
or whatever you want to call it.

For example here’s a
#WasteHisTime: “Ask him if he is
good with his hands, then when
he comes over make him put
together that IKEA furniture.”

Very funny, right? Because
all men want sex, right?

Dating is hard, and finding
someone that connects with
you intimately is even harder.

I don’t believe it’s something
you can force. It’s organic. It
happens with communication.
It happens through mutual

: respect. It happens through a

: simple give-and-take system of

: emotional and physical elements.
: When men arent able to satisfy

: women’s needs, it is only polite

: that they don’ satisfy theirs.

: No! #WasteHisTime is merely

: an admittance of creating a

: second wrong. And since when

: have two wrongs made a right?

Ladies, if you are waiting

: fora man to enter the room and
: sweep you off your feet, you better
: grab a seat because you might

: be waiting awhile. Searching for
: a boyfriend isa lot like hiring a

: good staff member. Women, like
: employers, have this wish list

: of qualities for their applicants.

: Should this fine person hit the

: right number, you'll request an

: interview—also known as a date.

Remember the last job

: interview you went in for?

: Remember how nervous you

: were? You got dressed in your

: best outfit, you prepared your

: interview topics, and you stood

: by the elevator in the power

: stance for way too long. You

: wanted the job. Afterward, as

: you left the company building,

: you decide to check your

: social media. You see a new

: post from the company you

: interviewed for and it reads: “Had
: interview with someone with no
: experience. Wanted to see how

: many ‘umms’ she would say. 15.

: #WonOfficeBet.” How would you
: feel? Kind of shitty, of course.

It’s a hard enough world

: out there without having to

: create more evil. We should

: start treating each other better,

: especially those who are willing

: to open themselves up to you and
: bevulnerable for even 10 minutes.

And even ifyour date is bad,

: there is nowhere that says just

: because of that you have to bea

: bitch to him. There is nowhere

: that says you can't just avoid him
: and find someone else. Life is too
: short. Don’t waste your own time.

 

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maiyonce

text him asking him to bring a condom,
then when he brings it.. tell him “it was
for my sister, wyd though"

WasteHisTime2016

Yonz

 

WasteHisTime2016 >> Flirt with him a
lot, as soon as you know he likes you
back, ask him if his best friend is single.