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There are many reasons Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has such a fan following around the world, including his support for feminism. This is the fir
There are many reasons Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has such a fan following around the world, including his support for feminism.
This is the first time I have come across a video where a man confidently calls himself a ‘Feminist’. Not only that, he urges other men to do so. Yes, I’m talking of Canada’s Prime minister – Justin Trudeau.
In this video he clearly states that his wife Sophie, has urged him to make an effort, to teach his son how to treat women and to model him to be a ‘Feminist’, just like his father. We often read about people who hesitate to call themselves ‘Feminists’ which includes women as well. But here’s someone who is clear about what feminism truly means.
He’s appointed a gender balanced cabinet with fifteen men and fifteen women. How cool is that ? In another speech, at the United Nations 60th commission on the status of women, he stated that people must not fear or hesitate to use the word ‘Feminist’.
He can be considered as one of the greatest role models for men in these times. Besides his intellectual ideas, his youthful appeal has won the hearts of women the world over.
Guys, here is someone who could give you a run for your money. Enjoy the video!
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I huffed, puffed and panted up the hill, taking many rest breaks along the way. My calf muscles pained, my heart protested, and my breathing became heavy at one stage.
“Let’s turn back,” my husband remarked. We stood at the foot of Shravanbelagola – one of the most revered Jain pilgrimage centres. “We will not climb the hill,” he continued.
My husband and I were vacationing in Karnataka. It was the month of May, and even at the early hour of 8 am in the morning, the sun scorched our backs. After visiting Bangalore and Mysore, we had made a planned stop at this holy site in the Southern part of the state en route to Hosur. Even while planning our vacation, my husband was very excited at the prospect of visiting this place and the 18 m high statue of Lord Gometeshwara, considered one of the world’s tallest free-standing monolithic statues.
What we hadn’t bargained for was there would be 1001 granite steps that needed to be climbed to have a close-up view of this colossal magic three thousand feet above sea level on a hilltop. It would be an understatement to term it as an arduous climb.
Why is the Social Media trend of young mothers of boys captioning their parenting video “Dear future Daughter-in-Law, you are welcome” deeply problematic and disturbing to me as a young mother of a girl?
I have recently come across a trend on social media started by young mothers of boys who share videos where they teach their sons to be sensitive and understanding and also make them actively participate in household chores.
However, the problematic part of this trend is that such reels or videos are almost always captioned, “To my future daughter-in-law, you are welcome.” I know your intentions are positive, but I would like to point out how you are failing the very purpose you wanted to accomplish by captioning the videos like this.
I know you are hurt—perhaps by a domestic household that lacks empathy, by a partner who either is emotionally unavailable, is a man-child adding to your burden of parenting instead of sharing it, or who is simply backed by overprotective and abusive in-laws who do not understand the tiring journey of a working woman left without any rest as doing the household chores timely is her responsibility only.
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