Singaporean Women are discriminated against

Nelstar SG

Ah, but it's unfair.

Physical liabilities has made women as possession in history. And men fight war. Strange but true. There is no such thing as fair nor even equal in anyone's eyes.

You can never argue an apple is fair exchange for an orange. Because some people like apple, some people like orange. Laughing

You see the point? The world is unfair.

Very. Unequal.

Aye, the Government can never compensate back the time loss, no matter what, even if they force employers to give three times the pay we're working for. We still lose 2 years. The two years of service is important. So what is right and what is wrong?

This is a chicken or egg question. Do you like orange or do you prefer apple?

JusticeLegal SG

In short, Singapore is a country that practises gender inequality since males get all the advantages. 2 years of national service is nothing. This compare to the humilation that we women have to go through like being beaten by our husbands and olged at in office and being sexually harressed by our employers etc. I mean guys never suffer all these. So why are you all complaining. The pay scale should be revised to be the same for all. It is your responsiblility being the stronger sex to defend us. Hence there is no need for monetary rewards.

Kismet SG

Originally posted by JusticeLegal:
In short, Singapore is a country that practises gender inequality since males get all the advantages. 2 years of national service is nothing. This compare to the humilation that we women have to go through like being beaten by our husbands and olged at in office and being sexually harressed by our employers etc. I mean guys never suffer all these. So why are you all complaining. The pay scale should be revised to be the same for all. It is your responsiblility being the stronger sex to defend us. Hence there is no need for monetary rewards.

Erm, you claim males get all the advantages due to gender inequality.... and then you say that it is men's responsibility to defend you because men are the "stronger sex". Hmmm ... Confused

Men and women have different roles in society ... that's the way it is ...

Pay scale even among peers of equal work experience also differs greatly ... there's no one size fits all kind of pay ...

ShutterBug SG

Yes, that's what women want: EQUALITY, but treated UNEQUALLY.

Aren't they all a confused and contradicting lot?

robertteh SG

Three reasons why women are not discriminated in today's society:-

(1) NS service handicaps in establishing career by the period of NS - 18 months.

(2) Women Charter - guarantees or almost guarantees women of rights to share half the share of husband's property upon divorce.

(3) Independence of women due to equal educational opportunity.

Under the new social or political conditions of today, women are generally more assertive, and are less dependent on husband for a living.

Under women's charter, because of the almost automatic right to share half of husband's property and not the other way, women today would on the slightest ground seek divorce in order to take the monies from divorce and enjoy her riches or windfall hardly earned by her instead of continuing to safeguard sanctity of family as compared with more virtuous women of the good old days.

While women generally secure equal opportunities, they are generally not bound by cultures or customs to provide for the family and would quit a job and expect husbands to continue working and providing for the family the rest of the years. Where both wife and husband are working, it is the husband who has to foot the main bills and expenses while women keeps her earnings for herself.

The working women are equal to men in today's society but the old women charter remains the same based on the old days' assumptions that women are dependent on husbands for living. Actually women are quite well to do in most cases.

Yet, there is no hurry to change for political expediency. Family today is no longer as stable and is becoming unstable with many broken families. The problem is : laws are encouraging divorce and broken families. Isn't it time to change the inequity if we want to encourage men to marry and women not to divorce. Laughing

Nelstar SG

Yes, advantage of getting shot in the back because of an incompetent bugger who fall and shoot him to death.

Great advantage.

Yes, disadvantage of being beaten by husbands and end up sueing the man for everything.

Yes, yes, stronger sex to defend women. Then butches should join the army too. To defend their women. Laughing

sgdiehard SG

Laughing Hey, When I get angry my wife sai nai a bit I melt oredi, how to beat her? My er nai said my 2 yrs NS make me very strong and she likes it you know. My wife and er nai all don't have to work because they are very good lovers you know, so I have to keep them at home, otherwise they kenna sexual harassed. Of course I have to pay for everything lah.
Obviously you have not found the right man yet, poor thing Laughing but if you find a man, don't bitch and moan with bombastic english and talk about equality ok, learn to sai nai a bit ok liao.

czechmate SG

Waaahh, don't paint all women with the same brush leh. Not ALL women want the same things, it's the higher level WORKING women who want a bigger piece of everything. They benefit most from the Women's Charter, they benefit most from the PM's new baby-churning project, they want more equal treatment in the office and they find it the easiest to look down on men whom they think are playing ma-sah ma-sah in the army Twisted Evil

But don't fret, men! No point squabbling with this breed of women or telling them to clam up. They won't. Not only do they look down on men, they turn on women too - some woman doctor actually shamelessly insinuated, in the ST Forum page, that there's a difference between working and non-working baby-making women. Like a "professional" womb is more worthy than a "domesticated" womb lah. Wonder who's fault it is that these women think they're so great ... Rolling Eyes

So fathers and future fathers beware, if you don't want your sons and daughters to suffer indignation under this lot, perhaps some good old-fashioned home upbringing might be worth a whole lot more than offspring shipped out to infant and child care facilities, despite the government's generous contributions (at the taxpayers' expense???) Wink

Ito_^ SG

If you want gender equality, even if it is never perfect, please consider equality of responsibilities, you are not a baby for "man" to protect and for you to make used of whenever you please. Grow up, its a harsh world, we all gets screwed up one way or another, so don't run around crying for papa. For someone who asks others to stop being childish, please look into the mirror. FYI, one should protect the people he OR she loves, not juz because its a girl, bt because thats what that person desires, simple as that.

gerrykoh SG

Don't complain or later the girls have to do NS.
Also the quota for females in Medical Faculty. Think should be correct cos most of the girls become GP, they don't specialise.
Also if too many highly educated girls, then there will be a problem- cannot find enough highly educated guys to marry, most will end up -spinsters!

shandower SG

And I thought you were talking about equality? Laughing

fymk SG

sorry duplicate posting Shocked

fymk SG

As a woman, I think I need to answer this

Highly educated women have their choice to marry whoever they want and a choice to remain single . After all this is not the ancient times. After all are u saying that men are dumber than women in the aspect of academic achievements since highly educated women" cannot find enough highly educated guys"?

Quota for females in the medical faculty - there is a reason -however I am of a view that every one has to go in based on their own merit not including their gender. It is not that women become GP and don't specialise. The problem is that medicine is a male dominated profession as with law. Men tend to see women as a potential to quit their jobs and have babies and therefore restrict the quota based on what they think is going to happen.

It could be a high probability that the physiological side of things- the 9 months gestation period that creates the quotas. Probably what they are worried about is women leaving the medical profession after getting pregnant because of the medical risks involved in pregnancy (i.e. if a woman is pregnant certain drugs like anaesthetic gases can affect her) and potential exposure to pathogens in the hospitals (hospitals are teeming with germs) which may affect the unborn child directly . All I know doctoring is all about clinical skills ...if u keep away for too long , you lose them . However maternity leave shouldn't be a problem because we have nurses who are pregnant and coming back to work after the birth. I don't know many female doctors but I know a few successful female lawyers with families , who had to struggled against a male dominated profession at all odds.

Now JusticeLegal , you are whining about inequality and discrimination . If all women are to be absolutely equal and, then shall we all do national service? Your argument " men being the stronger sex should defend us" just makes my skin crawls . It is up to everyone to defend their country with all they got. Elizabeth Choy was a war heroine who helped POWs in WW2, who defended Singapore and got imprisoned. She got tortured for that. That is what a woman did in bravery to help those who tried to defend us. Israel has national service for girls , even girls can do national service.

I say let the men keep the NS benefits - they deserve to. National Service is not just nothing- they are actually sacrificing 2 years of their lives in preparation to protect everyone in Singapore. 2 years Of THEIR LIVES which they could use to build a good career or maybe do something they like. My dad could have been rich if NS was non existent. It took away his job opportunity overseas and once an opportunity is missed - it seldom returns. I think we should have a little more respect for those defending Singapore than bashing up NS and Singaporean men over your frustration in medical school quotas.

Now the part about beaten by husbands , oogled and sexual harassment - there are laws to protect women against abuse- two words I have to say about that : USE THEM. just be thankful you are not living in saudi arabia or in afghanistan (under the taliban) where women have no rights at all. [/b]

fymk SG

sorry duplicate posting Shocked

sbst275 SG

If your wife is naughty, you can take revenge at the bed. But, there should be laws to punish women like guys for maid abuse and so on... Jail only 3 weeks or sort... No physical punishment...

Women, count yourself lucky for this

ShutterBug SG

As usual, topics like this one, is like a Black Hole - it sucks in all manner of light, and shrinks it into a point of infinite dark invisibility.

Ther will be NO END to this argument.

Man and Woman, was NEVER, EVER, made EQUAL.

Period.

All that I see, are just pure POLITCIS.

sgdiehard SG

x 2 Laughing

If you are a man, be a good man.
If you are a woman, be a good women.

fymk SG

Just something that worries me if you are going to be a doctor and you are not aware of laws protecting women against abuse . Just judging by how your arguments are ....you still need a degree of maturity to be a doctor .

Medicine is not easy because you have to tackle social and psychological issues together with medical issues to provide a good outcome for your patient. Here I see the way you are presenting your argument as in "Men are the stronger sex" and about the abuse of women (without checking up on the psychological and legal imapcts), it is scary. Doctors usually consider all points of treatments and weight the benefits up against the risks because if anything happens to a patient , they have to defend their treatment at all sides and costs.

Besides that , the art of diplomatic communication is essential in doctoring. How the guys have reacted to your opinions has elicited a non diplomatic response and in turn you verbally tore apart the service they will or are giving to Singapore. Men have their own problems and women have their own problems. As a doctor , you will have the opportunity to see young NS men coming into hospitals because they have training related injuries (i.e. heat stroke , broken leg/arm , dehydration) because they are serving our country. Then you would have a better appreciation of why they have higher pay .

fymk SG

Not equal in a biological manner
Just the delicate balance of power as each day passes by
each side wants to be more than equal to the other
and the balance is strenously continued.

chikopek SG

S'pore women are mostly pampered and that's the fact.......

They didn't do anything to protect and serve the nation yet they want to privilages.

Why don't they request to do NS?

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