I beleive the idea of this women's charter in 1961 was to
protect the rights of women to enable them to voice out and
act upoun grievances in times of dire injustice of human rights.
But in Singapore, why is it being used and abused by women to gain
material assets? The purpose of the law was to protect women, not
discourage marriage, encourage separation, gain an unfair share
of matrimonial assets which exactly what it is doing
right now.
While its true that women were less educated in the past and
this women's charter was there to protect them. But now with
Singapore as a developed country , strong security rule of
law and effective law enforcement, what purpose does this
women's charter serve now?
There are many other avenues to voice out and prove
grievances
All i can see it a reversal where the abuse of the charter isnt
impossible . An amendment was passed to the Women's Charter in
1996, which focused around rights regarding domestic abuse and
matrimonial assets. But times have changed and women are no longer
that subservient group of people, and so are the men who grew up
under women who raised them during the feminine movement of the
world.The again, it's high time to do some amendments to the women
charter. Unlike the past, women these day are not as naive and
uneducated compared to the past.
Women these days are educated, some are smarter than men and in
some cases, more scheming than men.
The outdated women's charter therefore become an ideal and
formidable weapon if women have the right knowledge on manipulating
it and you can't deny the possiblity.
i mean i'm sure some of you have heard stories of how a
men's life is destroyed after a divorce which forces the men to pay
ridiculous sum of alimony with respect to their salary etc
there was this one story of a man earning $800 a month, supporting
his son in NTU, barely making end's meet but his ex wife earning
$3000 suing him for not being able to keep up with alimony?
when women plot on exploiting to their advantage, its time to
rethink the women's charter. many see it as the main reason for
falling birthrates, high divorce in singapore as a nuptial knot to
a singaporean women means being at the mercy of the Women's Charter
as educated women now are ever more scheming, merciless and
greedy as much as their uneducated counterparts in the 3rd
world countries. The Women's Charter possibly gives them a license
to kill and gain from a divorce or maintenance legal suit.
There will always be a segment of females who are bent on
exploiting the Charter for their own selfishness.They demanded full
rights, they got it. but at the same time wanted extra
treatment.
Demanding for the right to work, for equal social status is fair.
But belittling man, degrading them to slavery is a not.
Though the Women's Charter was a step forward in human rights,
its also a step backwards the very same human rights aspects as it
rewards women at the expense of men with the amended version
The Women's charter has helped many women in the past but now it
the real victims are in fact - Women themselves.They
accquired a clichéd mentality tat they can get away with anything
exploitive under the cover of the Women's Charter.-no conformity-
no rules,- only an individualistic mind.
For every credit this women receive from the law, it
will hit back at their own future and that of their good sisters as
well.
Society as a whole becomes dysfunctional in terms of marriage
and procreation due to the paranoia created in men in tying the
knot with a singaporean woman.But having a strong charter to
protect women, makes SG men more desirable to foreign women
compared to other countries who don't protect their women when they
marry their local men.
The women's Charter has created fear and paranoia of women in
Singapore and in a true sense screwed women more than it did to
men