tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post7425970987945812023..comments2023-11-05T03:08:07.201-06:00Comments on TR RYAN: Holding Up Half the Sky - The Seminal Moral Challenge of Our TimeTR Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00595967532391171082noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-21775688531311779472009-09-02T18:57:54.071-05:002009-09-02T18:57:54.071-05:00Thanks for this TR.
I have also encountered the c...Thanks for this TR.<br /><br />I have also encountered the cruelty and deprivation that many women face on my own travels as well. <br /><br />To change the traditional social, legal and political frameworks that support this systematic abuse of women and girls is a HERculean task that simply must be done.<br /><br />Major and minor programs are necessary but also needed is individual action on the part of each one of us who has overcome discrimination or who has been lucky enough never to face it.<br /><br />Your use of the "Half the sky. . ." adage is nothing short of ironic given the hundreds of thousands of missing women and girls that China can claim as part of its human rights legacy.<br /><br />Your photos were poignant, personal and beautiful - as usual.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />LauraLaura Kelleyhttp://silkroadgourmet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-27518397082192605922009-08-31T12:07:57.320-05:002009-08-31T12:07:57.320-05:00"Half the sky" what a lovely notion and ..."Half the sky" what a lovely notion and so appropos to this topic. Amazing post, Tim. Thanks for calling attention here.Greghttp://midnightgarden12.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-78526015988583921202009-08-30T09:08:03.017-05:002009-08-30T09:08:03.017-05:00You present a lovely tribute to women here, sad as...You present a lovely tribute to women here, sad as its reasons may be. The most shocking, to me, of those numbers you list is the last one; it's sickening that in so many places women are still treated simply as possessions and not people in their own right.<br /><br />It's so discouraging to think of trying to tackle this problem. It's two-fold: trying to change the minds of men who are unwilling to relinquish their positions of power, and trying to change the minds of women who are unwilling to stand up and be mown down, or who are just accepting that things simply are how they are. I have trouble seeing how, as outsiders, we can really be of much help. Why are either group likely to listen to a white man's plea, impassioned as it may be?<br /><br />I do hope that one day we might achieve equality for women around the globe, but I think it's going to be a long and arduous struggle, an uphill battle all the way. How long ago was it that women were last viewed as possessions (equal rights aside) in Caucasian society? Will it take that long to reform beliefs in these other cultures?Seabrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400079400485962650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-35920577325238441522009-08-28T08:54:03.586-05:002009-08-28T08:54:03.586-05:00Tim, this is great info. It is really timely with ...Tim, this is great info. It is really timely with the death of the last Kennedy brother. It makes me wonder who will step up to fight for a cause. This also makes my slow drain problem seem meaningless. Robert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-33861550265512161732009-08-26T18:36:42.805-05:002009-08-26T18:36:42.805-05:00You are awesome! Thanks for this post. I am please...You are awesome! Thanks for this post. I am pleased to know some of the women who have held up your sky....oklahoma exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05974937731377704714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-59027960788931469802009-08-26T17:29:45.989-05:002009-08-26T17:29:45.989-05:00Tim,
This is fabulous. I agree with Jim - your tr...Tim, <br />This is fabulous. I agree with Jim - your treatment is so powerful. You are so talented, and are such a wonderful human being. God has allowed you to travel the world and bring back these pictures to us. That one of the woman combing the little girl's hair is priceless. I have to have a copy. It reminds me of the Super Bridgy. Save for a different time, continent, it would be her. <br /><br />Blogger extraordinaire: TR. I totally stumbled, tweeted, redditted and off to facebook now.Jennifer Chronicles (jenx67.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14420405638287265650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-31227732886175039882009-08-26T16:23:24.016-05:002009-08-26T16:23:24.016-05:00Kudos to you Tim!
Little did I know you would ta...Kudos to you Tim! <br />Little did I know you would take my link to expand upon the sad topic with hauntingly loving eyes, worn hands, and tender embraces from your photograph archives. <br /><br />Thank you for your compassion.lofolulu @>~'~'~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08063143350370112672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-25922799825935499212009-08-26T04:29:31.055-05:002009-08-26T04:29:31.055-05:00TR, this is an amazing post. Thank you for writin...TR, this is an amazing post. Thank you for writing it. I have not heard of these writers or this article but I will check it out. I have never heard of bride burning before. Will the atrocities never end? I bet if someone surveyed women in the USA about their initiation to sex it would either be by date rape or sexual abuse as a child and I bet that number would be higher than most people think!Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-42206526404027941372009-08-26T02:55:36.075-05:002009-08-26T02:55:36.075-05:00Hello Tim,
I understand once again how important...Hello Tim, <br /><br />I understand once again how important was/is the "secular system" established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in my country Turkey. Would I have the chance to become the woman I am today if Atatürk and his team did not replace the Islamic Sharia with a secular constitution and legislation, did not accept the principle of equality of women and men, did not improve womens' rights, did not encourage Turkish women to be present and active in all fields of life? Islamic world needs new pioneers like him to change the mentality, I believe. <br /><br />Best regards,Mügehttp://wonder-turquette.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-69961562320839367002009-08-25T17:47:40.861-05:002009-08-25T17:47:40.861-05:00Hola Tim,
I'm speechless. It is a painful topi...Hola Tim,<br />I'm speechless. It is a painful topic, and very close to my heart.<br />Thank you for posting this, it is a powerful way to spread this message.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550692601943778577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-9086669652469407322009-08-25T15:22:50.479-05:002009-08-25T15:22:50.479-05:00Tim...how unfortunate it is that your piece is so ...Tim...how unfortunate it is that your piece is so very necessary. You layed out the topic with grace and coupled with your moving photos it is a very powerful treatment.Jim Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02060459707120991313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704421.post-39378402604288523532009-08-25T07:01:58.493-05:002009-08-25T07:01:58.493-05:00Awesome. Thanks.
BethAwesome. Thanks. <br /><br />BethBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763046967587715415noreply@blogger.com