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Men’s Lib! gender roles in the modern world

11/23/2015

 
From the New York Times Sunday Review Men’s Lib is a fascinating discussion of gender roles in the 21st century:
…men need to adapt to what a modern economy and family life demand. There has been progress in recent years, but it hasn’t been equal to the depth and urgency of the transformation we’re undergoing. The old economy and the old model of masculinity are obsolete. Women have learned to become more like men. Now men need to learn to become more like women.

...The way forward, we believe, is for men to embrace and adapt to the new, more androgynous world. There is no point in harking back. The world in which high-paid manufacturing jobs could support a family, and where women were expected to focus only on being wives and mothers is gone. Women have shown they are ready for this transition. But what about men?  read full essay

Dalai Lama 'Work for peace, and don't expect help from God and governments'

11/18/2015

 
The Dalai Lama speaks with German news media Deutsche Welle - ​Dalai Lama on Paris attacks: 'Work for peace, and don't expect help from God and governments'
​"The problems that we are facing today are the result of superficial differences over religious faiths and nationalities. We are one people."

“We cannot solve this problem only through prayers. I am a Buddhist and I believe in praying. But humans have created this problem, and now we are asking God to solve it. It is illogical. God would say, solve it yourself because you created it in the first place.”

"So let us work for peace within our families and society, and not expect help from God, Buddha or the governments,"   read full article
Right -- magical thinking will not solve our problems.  Neither will religious institutions and dogmas that divide people - setting us against each other. The Dalai Lama is right -- We (all of humanity) are one people.  It's time we started acting like it.  It's time we started taking responsibility.  It's time we started truly taking care of each other - our sisters and brothers -  worldwide.


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