…promises to women
Yesterday was International Women’s Day, so let us praise all women: young women, old women, radiant women, tenacious women, pioneering women, courageous women, and every other human who is female. If for no other reason, then that they were the ones who carried us around for nine testing months, and shared everything from within their bodies to bring us into this world. No matter how you slice it or dice it, we can’t let anyone forget that basic fact!!
So, the question remains – as James Brown reminded us – why is it still “a man’s world”?? And let’s not kid ourselves, even though the Godfather of Soul belted out his provocative assertion half a century ago, it’s still true!! We’ve been hearing that women have come a long way, but it still ain’t enough, because they were kept so far behind for so long!! In politics, they weren’t allowed to vote till 1928 in the “developed countries”, and yet today, even though so many countries claim to be “democratic”, only a handful have women at their heads!!
And this is even when some countries have legislated a minimum quota of women to be in their legislature – like Guyana, with its one-third requirement. In some countries, like Afghanistan and Iran, women aren’t even allowed to show their faces in the streets, much less educate themselves in the classroom. So, what’s the hitch?? Very simply that the problem for women is men!! Way back in our caveman days, men had more physical strength to fight off those Sabre-tooth tigers, and could bop women over the head with their clubs and drag them back to their caves to have their way. And ever since, they’ve conspired to “keep them in their place”!!
And what’s that place?? Well, for one, “barefoot and pregnant”!! After all, weren’t they – rather than men – created to bear children?? One of the major religions, with its principles formulated thousands of years ago – by men of course!! – insist that women must be subservient to their husbands. And that philosophy still holds sway, either explicitly or implicitly in “secular” forms. And from husbands being males, it ain’t difficult for males to extend the notion to all of their cohorts!!
And sadly, many women have been brainwashed to believe that nonsense!! For women to get their “equal place” in society, change gonna only be generated with them standing up and insisting they be treated equally. Remember…if rights are bestowed on you by others, they can always be taken back. One good sign in Mudland that your Eyewitness has noticed is the increasing number of women qualifying themselves for “non-traditional” jobs.
Now, they gotta demand equal pay!! Equal money will help women get respect on their own terms!!
…jailing riggers
Four years ago, Reg 4 RO Clairmont Mingo did his thing to rig the March 2, General Elections with spreadsheets and bedsheets. It’s three years since he, GECOM CEO Lowenfield, Dep CEO Myers, together with former APNU+AFC Minister and PNC Chair, Volda Lawrence; Coalition activist Carol Smith-Joseph, and several GECOM Secretariat employees were charged with trying to rig the elections by declaring a false account of votes for the said elections.
The case kept getting delayed over that time for all sorts of (specious) reasons – even though its resolution’s gotta be one of the most important items on the national agenda. Especially when General Elections 2025 are fast creeping up on us, and PNC’s old PM Hamilton Green has proposed that the Opposition rig it once again!! Now, since the PNC insists the GECOM big wigs are totally innocent, your Eyewitness was surprised there’s now a further delay because the defence attorney has demanded GECOM records that demand permission from the High Court!!
A Hail Mary??
…on Haiti
It’s hard not to conclude that racism is at the bottom of the rationale behind nothing being done to stop the total anarchy in Haiti, which has been building since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in July 2021.
