"Empowerment." I don't think it means what you think it means.
Dig this.
So they weren't really "empowered," were they? It looks like all those woke action movies where some chick whups up on a lot of big, bad men were just a load of hooey. Anyone who has lived through domestic violence could have told you that.
One thing you realize when your woman becomes violent is that you can crush her any time you want. Her hardest punches didn't do anything. My hardest would have sent her to the hospital. One time, just out of reflex, I did a sweeping block when she tried to punch me. I nearly broke her forearm against a door frame...
In a brutal and physical world, say, the world before 1900, women were subordinate to men. They had to rely on a man for protection. If their man decided to physically dominate them, there was nothing they could do. Those girls beating up men in the movies? Please. Back in the day, a woman was part of a man's household because he took responsibility for her body. They're not strong enough to plow fields all day, either, so he was responsible for her food. Dittos for the kids. He was in control because there wasn't anyone else who could do it.
Get into a violent relationship and that becomes crystal clear.
It might help empower women to have a man around who is willing to give his life to and for her.
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Sadly, our Afghanistan strategy was designed by people from Ivy League faculty lounges who live far, far away from such things. Thus, they emphasized the decorations of modern life, not the methods of achieving it. Above all, Afghani women needed strong, tough men willing to aggressively pursue their enemies and kill them to preserve their new freedoms.
Instead, they got programs designed by people who thought this was a good idea.
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— Benito Skinner (@BennyDRAMA7) August 9, 2021
Thngs in action movies you don't complain about: guns that never need reloading, cars going through gates unscathed, defenestrations with no cuts, absurd physics regarding explosions/combat, etc., etc., etc. Things you do complain about: women kicking rear. That's a pretty selective list. One might wonder why this one ridiculous thing stands out to you so much.
ReplyDeleteWomen don't like to rely on men for physical protection because, too often, they wind up needing protection from those same men. Also, the men often just leave.
Besides, it's not really the Taliban's muscle mass that's the problem, it's the Taliban's guns. Maybe instead of suggesting that these women marry the Taliban, we arm them and teach them to shoot.
On a different note, did you realize that Kooper is a fictional character?
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