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Which Place Is More Sexist: The Middle East Or Latin America? Very interesting read...
A semi-naked woman in a sequined Carnival costume. A veiled woman with only her eyes showing in a niqab. Two stereotypes of two vastly different regions — Latin America and the Middle East.
On the surface, these two images couldn't be more diametrically opposed. What could the two have in common, right? What a woman wears — or what she doesn't wear, in Brazil's case — is often interpreted as a sign of her emancipation. The veil, for many, is a symbol of female oppression; the right to wear a bikini, one of liberation.
*snip*
The Role Of Women In Brazil
And that's the thing about Brazil: It has a female president, and women are well-represented in the work force. This isn't Saudi Arabia, where women cannot drive, or Afghanistan under the Taliban, where women could not study.
And yet it is one of the most dangerous countries to be female in.
that about every two hours a woman is murdered in Brazil, a country with the seventh highest rate of violence against women in the world.
*snip*
Brazilian women don't face the same kinds of restrictions.
In Brazil, are second only to the U.S. in the amount of plastic surgeries they have and in the number of beauty products they consume.
In a recent article talking about vaginal reconstruction — yes, Brazil is a world leader in that cosmetic surgery, too — psychoanalyst Regina Navarro noted that there is a huge amount of pressure in Brazil to conform to an ideal.
"Women want to adapt to what they think men want," she told Brazil's Glamour magazine.
On the surface, these two images couldn't be more diametrically opposed. What could the two have in common, right? What a woman wears — or what she doesn't wear, in Brazil's case — is often interpreted as a sign of her emancipation. The veil, for many, is a symbol of female oppression; the right to wear a bikini, one of liberation.
*snip*
The Role Of Women In Brazil
And that's the thing about Brazil: It has a female president, and women are well-represented in the work force. This isn't Saudi Arabia, where women cannot drive, or Afghanistan under the Taliban, where women could not study.
And yet it is one of the most dangerous countries to be female in.
that about every two hours a woman is murdered in Brazil, a country with the seventh highest rate of violence against women in the world.
*snip*
Brazilian women don't face the same kinds of restrictions.
In Brazil, are second only to the U.S. in the amount of plastic surgeries they have and in the number of beauty products they consume.
In a recent article talking about vaginal reconstruction — yes, Brazil is a world leader in that cosmetic surgery, too — psychoanalyst Regina Navarro noted that there is a huge amount of pressure in Brazil to conform to an ideal.
"Women want to adapt to what they think men want," she told Brazil's Glamour magazine.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/03/11/289058115/which-place-is-more-sexist-the-middle-east-or-latin-america?ft=1&f=1001
I think the author is saying that it's easier to overlook sexism in Brazil and the US than in the ME. I think there is violence against women in BOTH in rampant and still needs to be addressed. It is interesting the contrast of the pictures, and the bottom being the same---violence & oppression of women.
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