Why I never come across people doing stuff like what we did for gender equality and women's empowerment?

Question

I design and develope fishery and cargo harbors. When we noticed that very few women work in harbors, we wanted a solution to the problem. As the person who decide up on layout, designs etc., we started research and found out that the size of crates, lack of proper toilet facilities and privacy and so many such things are causing the problem. Now a days we take care of stuff like this so that number of women have increased. They earn more now, they are empowered more now.

We didnt change any rules, we didnt give any preferential treatment to women such as reservations, special allowances, special rights and such things.

WHY CANT I EVER FIND any feminist or women support groups thinking in these lines? All I come across is blah blah on how the "outlook" should change, how the society should change, how the relegious people should change, how the laws should change and such nonsense only.

Answer 1

You changed your out look, and thinking for this fishery....did exactly what the feminist wanted whats your point?

You seem to have missed something in your country...

Here...Feminism started in 1850 in india.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in...

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/indi.htm...

I'm sure you can find more if you google in your language...

Answer 2

It depends on which field you are working to change, woman fighting for equality in the business world would take a different approach, because they technology isn't the problem... I have yet to be treated unfairly because I was a woman in the business world though.

I think you did a great thing, but that is in a labor intensive world, and each workplace must take a different approach.

Answer 3

I congratulate you on doing the job on finding the cause of a problem and dealing with it in a logical way.

Feminism is a political group and is easier for them to bribe a politician to bring up another privilege than to try to understand the situations and come up with a logical solution, much less do any work for it.

Answer 4

Great job, sounds like you know something about business. "Give the customer what they want". It didn't require government intervention or some n**i feminist group telling you how to run your business. You saw a need, and met it. Isn't government free capitalism great.

Answer 5

I don't know how many feminist you personally know but must be all the wrong ones.  You did though change the outlook.  You identified what kept women from working in that field and you changed it. That is all most women want is just the right to do things and the opportunity allowed to them.  Granted some women may want the world to completely go pro-women but their are men who want to wipe out female rights completely.  If you promise not to hold the first against us we will promise not to hold the later against you.

Answer 6

That's a really great thing you did.

But not everyone is in a position to actually change such conditions.  So, if we can't, we do the next best thing: campaigning for women's rights and equality and yes, promoting a change in "outlook" and laws.  If our advocating equality helps change a few minds, then the people with some power can actually change conditions.