Can’t believe that this is happening at this time of the century! Sexual discrimination against the darker (opposite of fairer lar) sex.
Don’t believe me? Today it was raining heavily. I was out shopping in Low Yat for a small retractable umbrella for easier storage in my bag. Nowadays I car pool with Mei Fen and I sometimes walk a fair distance to and from work. Therefore a small retractable umbrella will suit my needs.
So back to Low Yat. What strikes me is just how stereotype such a simple thing as an umbrella is! It almost always has to be pink, or bright yellow, or in attractive apple green with tiny leave patterns! Can’t they have an umbrella that is just THAT, plain solid coloured umbrellas? Are women the only users of umbrellas? Can’t men use them?
Umbrellas are not the only thing that suffers from this design problem. I also realized that women’s shavers are more smoother on the skin than men’s equivalent! No joke! I have tried them personally! 🙂 How about those skin products? There seem to be a lot of personal hygiene product only specially tailored for women. Hey, men need to look good too you know?
Of course, I wouldn’t go far as to cross dress. But some accessories that were once women-only-territory is now widely used by men. I’m sure you have seen men wearing those wire hair bands over their long locks, especially on some footballers that I have seen. They might not be the exact same thing, but I’m sure they came from the same idea.
I draw the line at bras, thongs and lipsticks though. * Ahem. *
There are also jobs that are heavily biased towards women only. Mention nurse, secretary and teacher, and almost immediately an image of a women comes to mind. I know of a male friend who went to US and work as a nurse there! Male nurses are in great demand there. Come to think of it, male nurses are useful. I mean, come on, if I were to strip down to my birthday suit, I wouldn’t want to have a lady watching my bum (or any other valuable asset for that matter)!
So what do you think, boys and girls? Does the community discriminate against men too? 😛
In this world nothing is fair, especially sex gender discrimination. When a boy is born, friends and relatives exclaim congratulations and he will inherit the family’s property and when a girl is born, the reaction is very different, a girl is just another expense.
In almost every organization, a man and a woman that is offered with the same kind of duties may not be holding the same title and often higher titles are given to man and salaries will also be higher.
If you are the manufacturer, will you produce a product that is not making money and only a minority of them (man) buying it. I will definitely produce a more feminine umbrella to attract the majority of them (woman) to buy it.
As a fairer sex, I don’t see any problem in making a smoother shaver to attract women buying it. Why must man compare with women? In this modern world, women need to work to contribute to the household expenses and at the same time look after the family BUT man can take work as an excuse not to do all the housework.
What is fair and what is unfair???
You are right in every way. Sexual discrimination does still happen, and there shall never be sexual equalities. I do see the point of umbrella and shavers manufacturers to target their products according to sex. It does make economical sense.
But I will have to disagree when you said that men do not do the housework nowadays. In these tough times, men and women share the career and housework, although to a lesser extent sometimes. As I am writing down this comment, I am at home, taking care of my two kids (two girls, by the way, and I love them) while my wife is at work on a Saturday evening.
Sorry Dude.. I see from different angle… it is business.. man.. umbrella is mainly target for female.. in fact most of the items are target for female.. they need more accesories for living. back to umbrella, in fact in Malaysia.. umbrella is used for shade from sun rather from rain.. as we.. (macho male) need not an umbrella on a sunny day, the demand for male umbrella is less.. so, those greedy business men sure will target for that group..