Is This What A Member Of The British Royal Family Should Be Doing

[vernonk]

Meghan Markle has outlined her feminist credentials and declared her commitment to gender equality. Is t right that a member of the British royal family - who’ve traditionally stayed right out of such issues - should be allowed to take such a stance? Have the senior royals made a huge error in allowing her such freedom so early on in her royal life? Are they fearful of saying no to her already, in a similar way to political correctness strongly affecting the U.K. as a whole? Is this the direction the monarchy - who are unelected, let’s not forget - should be heading in?

[anotheoldgit]

Feminism,equality yes there was inequality between men & women, take WW1, thousands upon thousands of men where fighting in foreign fields under appalling conditions, while their 'hard done by' women folk trawled the streets, abusing those men out of uniform, by calling them cowards. And what about the shout "Women & Children first" in situations of extreme danger?

Yes men have endured a lot of what women have never had to endure, but being men they are taught to accept it.

[jim360]

I kind of wish I was surprised that AOG went there...

[jim360]

It's a massively skewed misrepresentation of history, so whether or not it's relevant is rather beside the point.

[jim360]

No, they did not (although rather a lot served in auxiliary forces, and there were a few women on the frontline in the Eastern Front). They got called to work in factories, in appalling conditions, instead. Excluding *that* bit is what I mean about misrepresentation.

[kvalidir]

I would imagine if there was a WWIII tomorrow then conscription would likely be unisex, at least I'd hope so. Bringing up something that happened 100 years ago is scarcely relevant though, we could sit here all day and do that, tit for tatting about. Why is it such a problem to suggest that both sexes be equal, not better just equal? That's all she's saying.

[kvalidir]

Things are vastly better for women in the UK , Europe and the US etc but not worldwide and tbh even here there is room for greater equality, that should not be a problem, why is it, and no-one except you Spath mentioned girl power?!?

[Islay]

Conscription existed in ww2

[pixie374]

Spath, there are many natural disadvantages for women, which you don't seem to be taking into account at all. My partner and I have four children between us, equally. But I have been the one to have them, take time off work, work part-time, sort out childcare, sickness, school holidays etc etc, while OH has basically left education and worked. That's it and that is completely standard really. I know three women who were all sacked for being pregnant (not the official reason given) but we know they were and even ABers have admitted they would be unlikely to employ a pregnant woman. Females have more complicated and very different lives to men. You seem quite oblivious to the differences. It's nobody's fault, it is just life, but it still is much more straightforward for men to progress and probably always will be.

[jim360]

Key word in there is "choice", though. For a great many women, the choice is, at the very least, far less free than it is for men.