[civsoc-mw] Women demo on equality.

Sat Oct 10 04:43:56 CAT 2020

It is already, women are not puppets on a chain anymore, as far as social
life is concerned including marriage and who or what  to discharge with.

On Oct 10, 2020 04:36, "KPD" <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:

LN,

An interesting read. Akuti, atsikana amapita ku university as a way
kokapezera chikwati.

If the of number of men continue dropping it will affect number of women.

But that will also change as women become more independent and not consider
marriage as important.

On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 04:26 Louis Nthenda, <louisnthenda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Even in Iran - abtrend that the mullahs will scratch their heads about
> till Kingdom come as they are on the losing side of hitroy.
>
> Iran’s ratio of 110 women to 100 men in post-secondary education places it
> well below the median value of 116 in this sample (Iran’s 2006 census shows
> a higher figure of 127 women per 100 men in four-year institutions). Three
> out of four countries, including many Middle Eastern countries, have a
> higher ratio. The much higher ratios for UAE (324), Kuwait (272) and
> Bahrain (223) probably reflect the fact that fewer women from these
> countries study abroad than men. A few developed countries, such as Korea,
> and all the poor countries have fewer women than men. So, Iran is not the
> country to be alarmed about overinvestment in women’s higher education, and
> affirmative action for men is likely to be viewed as a policy that
> discriminates against women rather than one that maximizes the social
> benefits of public expenditures on higher education. Recognizing this
> simple fact should discourage policy makers from plunging into complex
> social engineering.
>
> There are a number of reasons why women outnumber men in higher education
> and why the ratio increases per capita income, which I do not have the
> space to discuss here. One specific reason, which explains why in Iran the
> value of higher education to women might decline as the ratio of men
> declines is that in universities, as the only co-ed institutions of
> education, women have an opportunity to meet men in an environment approved
> by their parents and the society at large, which most find a superior way
> to choose a spouse than through arranged marriages. Economists Chiappori,
> Iyigun and Weiss (2006 <http://ftp.iza.org/dp2454.pdf>) explain
> rigorously why marriage is an important reason for the higher ratio of
> women to men in universities. Now, if the proportion of men in universities
> were to drop too far, fewer Iranian women would be willing to spend four
> years learning skills that they do not intend to use in the labor market.
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 11:17 AM Shadreck Kapanga Chirwa <
> shadchirwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Abuse has no gender, we simply discriminate it as chakoma mbuzi kagunda
>> galu. Some of us grew up in an environment where by any form of violence
>> was not tolerated. I can share a bed with any woman, just as any man.
>> Mindset development
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2020 04:02, "KPD" <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> TC,
>>>
>>> We never stop learning. Thank you and you are a lucky youngman.
>>>
>>> Central region  had more seperate schools than other regions. (I
>>> believe). Mtendere, Dedza, Likuni, Robert Black were exclusively for boys.
>>>
>>> Nkhamenya, Lilongwe, Likuni and I think Lunjika were for boys. Mzuzu has
>>> St Mary's and Blantyre had Stella Maris for girls.
>>>
>>> Omwe ankapeza zibwenzi from Business Studies and Secretarial students
>>> were mainly from mixed schools. Those from boys only secondary schools had
>>> to make do with girld from Blantyre TTC.
>>>
>>> I would say that system of separation created some psychological issues
>>> for some boys.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 03:46 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> KPD,
>>>>
>>>> Day schools were mixed. Boarding schools were mixed. There were girls
>>>> in my class from from 1 to 4. BSS, Malosa, Mzuzu Government, Mzimba.
>>>> Livingstonia. There were girls in my biology, chemistry, maths and English
>>>> class in my freshman year. Law school it was an all male class (that does
>>>> not prove any point: in the US there are more females graduating from law
>>>> school than males).
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 9, 2020, at 9:26 PM, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Your time was my time.
>>>>
>>>> I thought those were day schools. Did we have boarding schools?.  In my
>>>> post I said all schools without exception.
>>>>
>>>> The last time I was in a class with a girl was standard 8. I finished
>>>> secondary school and university without girls in my class. Girls were
>>>> admitted in softer sciences, nursing, teaching and secretarial studies.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 03:13 trevor chimimba, <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> KPD
>>>>>
>>>>> We had boys only schools, girls only school and mixed boys and girls
>>>>> schools. During our time the mixed schools were a majority. I doubt that
>>>>> much has changed. So what point did I miss?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> > On Oct 9, 2020, at 9:07 PM, KPD <maluwakpd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 
>>>>> > TC,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > You missed a very small point.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > They don't have seperate girls and boys secondary schools. Whether
>>>>> boarding or day schooling.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What is the connection with migrant labour? Wasn't Malawi known as
>>>>> labour supplier to central and southern Africa. Thousands went to Zambia,
>>>>> Rhodesia and South Africa to work in farms and mines.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > My point was boys and girls grow together from primary to
>>>>> university. They never separated like we did and that helped women
>>>>> challenge men in all spheres.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > As for being aggressive, that was KBK and wait for his answer.
>>>>>
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