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Time for women to rise up, urges Tutu
(AFP) 4 days ago
DAVOS, Switzerland After the uprisings in the Arab world, South Africa's veteran Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu said Wednesday it was now time for women to have their revolution and banish men to the margins.
Speaking at a gathering of the world's political and financial elite in Davos, the vast majority of them men, Tutu said women had long been locked out of policy-making -- and the world had paid the price.
"Let us realign forces, let us ensure that women have a significant part in the decision-making process... we have been excluding women," said the former archbishop of Cape Town.
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"What we need is a revolution led by women. I think women ought to be saying to us men: 'You have made a mess, just get out and let us in'," he added. ................(more)
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seabeyond
(110,159 posts)and voice heard. implementing rule. good for this man.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)joshcryer
(62,269 posts)Is anyone else bothered by that fact? It's bullshit.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)(In before the Margaret Thatcher mention)
polly7
(20,582 posts)That jerked me right out of my happy, hopeful place.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I liked what Desmond said. It's just that invariably someone always comes along and implies that women already had their chance and we blew it with Margaret Thatcher. Because of course, one Conservative woman leader negates thousands of years of male conservatives.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Thinking of Thatcher just does that to me, and I was being silly. I hope those present in Davos appreciated what he had to say, he is such an inspiring speaker.
eShirl
(18,490 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)I work with an all women staff. Don't idealize us. We suck as much and sometimes more, than men. Sure, it's time we had a chance to screw it up, too, but really, this is just reverse sexism.