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Fragile Strength | Amir Dastgheibi Fard | TEDxYouth@TWSDubaiWomen


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good morning in a world of today
discussions on gender equality women’s
rights and topics referring to women are
normal everyday talks they are
everywhere however when you take a more
meticulous approach you will eyes that
these conferences rarely end with a
satisfying conclusion not many of them
propose a logical solution to the feel
of inferiority that some women
sadly experience even today so let’s
begin mid-1800s women couldn’t vote we
had feminists fighting for it make sense
2017
women can vote we still have feminists
sounds queer doesn’t it something is
just not right
Epps’s Mori recently published a survey
in which more than 17,000 people
participated and the results astonishing
one in every five people think women are
inferior to men do you believe it this
is the case in the 21st century for both
men and women share almost all the basic
human rights equally it’s safe to say
that ladies here you can vote you can
own a property you can get educated so
why why the women have the notion of
being less valued even these days well I
think I have an answer
now I can guess most of you will be
wondering same boring topic again but no
we are about to look at it from a
completely different perspective a new
answer to the same old question for that
though we must hop on to a time machine
and travel around two thousand and five
hundred years back in time
Aristotle Greek philosopher and
scientist do you know him you must know
him
this gentleman believed men are on the
higher status than women he not only
believed he has sayings as well
it’s painful to read the sayings but
history is history not only him but
ancient Greece did not recognize women
as human beings they were treated on the
same level with animals or in the best
possible description a lesser being
deformed human being let’s bring on some
maths some maths to simplify the matter
for them am an equal human a woman did
not okay
you are now probably asking yourselves
why is this guy talking about ancient
Greek history what does it have to do
with the world today huh
the answer lies in cultural anthropology
I know it’s a big scary name but it’s
nothing but the study of human cultures
ancient Greece has had an enormous
amount of impact on culture in the
Western world today Greek culture Greek
literature Greek architecture Greek
sciences Greek ideologies even
governmental structure has exerted a
massive influence on Western thinkers
generations over generations and today
where Western culture is being
constantly advertised through all sorts
of media love it or hate it we can
conclude that this equation is still
present in a little bit different and a
more complex form all right let’s
connect everything
I will imagine I’m a woman it’s
difficult but I’ll imagine I’ll try I’m
raged I’m infuriated with the presence
of such gender inequality and I want to
retain my status as a human in the
global society what would be my next
move what’s the next step well you might
have sketched truth or tells but this
was the part that was taken
unfortunately be man to be human
through this wrongly adopted part gives
an injustice to women and many women
sorrowfully have not realized and are
running on that track probably that was
the only alternative at that time but we
are no longer ancient Greece we have
confined women to our way we have said
women do you want to be human if you
want to be considered human you have to
be just like a man work like a man wear
like a man think like a man
perceive the world like a man be a waste
war against human nature
here is the havoc men and women are
doubtlessly equal but we should not
confuse equal the same we are equal but
not necessarily the same it is true that
we share things in common such as the
desire to be loved desire to learn
desire to be educated to achieve but we
are different in nature our brain
structures are different more than nine
hundred male and female brains were
scanned and analyzed in a research in
University of Pennsylvania the aim was
to see how different parts of the brain
communicate with each other in males and
females
the results were summarized by dr.
Regina Verma
she concludes I was surprised that they
were so significantly different and this
means we have different strengths and
different roles to carry out poor said
women should have the same working hours
as men think of it imagine an office an
office where women have a schedule
specifically sketched for them where
they do not need to sacrifice their
personal lives for work where they will
be valued for showcasing their strengths
and abilities as a woman they do not
need to be manly to be appreciated think
of it productivity can increase this way
each gender has got features that are
not present in the other gender and that
God has so beautifully crafted us that
our roles and features are complementary
to each other it’s just like the water
that I have here we need both hydrogen
and oxygen each with different features
to make water I had to bring this in by
the way I am a chemistry nerd it’s
incredible in a similar survey by Ipsos
MORI
across 24 countries more than half more
than 50% of those interviewed call
themselves feminists I am a feminist
what I draw from this is not something
positive because when you say I’m a
FEMINIST today it means deep in you
something is missing and feminism is a
support you can hold them to to fill
that field of deficiency although
nothing can be generalized
this is a test testing visual spatial
ability a rotated shape is given and you
have got to select which one of the
options show the original position of
the shape you can give it a try if you
wish it can twist your brain a bit
200,000 men and women across 53
countries took part in a test like this
the results were striking men
significantly outperformed women the
conclusion was men possess a better
spatial awareness but is a true this is
another visual spatial test although
over here you have got to imagine the
point of view of the facing person it
exactly tests the same ability as our
previous mental rotation test although
the different way the task was presented
had a significant effect in this both
men and women did equally well there
were no visible differences in
fascinating right we thought men were
special spatially better but then we
presented the same thing in a different
way because the different results we
came to know we weren’t right
unfortunately
the world today is laid on a manly
system based on men’s features and
conveniences
therefore when women want to achieve and
progress in this manly system they are
left with no option but to go the manly
way in most of the cases so the system
from root is faulty and has to be
changed you ask how how can it be
changed I say by a large number of women
not going the manly way not feeding that
wrong track but instead doing tasks
their own way the womanly way and when
this happens we will not only get the
same results but better results much
better results we can now relate this to
the visuospatial test if women do not
fight to be men if they do not use all
their energy in that futile track we
will be able to find our strength better
build on them more efficiently and most
importantly I insist most importantly
women will no longer feel inferior and
when there is no feel of inferiority
when there is no psychological barrier
you can climb as high as you wish a
strength will spark in women that will
open the hides of achievement to them a
fragile strength fragile only in name
and irony that if realized and tapped
can make wonders you as women may not
realize that there is strength and
fragility that it is a graceful power
women have not a weakness and when women
realized this and use their fragile
strength to their advantage and to
everyone’s advantage we will craft the
world happier and more advantageous from
aspects here is Marie Curie I admire her
personally I like she revolutionized
science forever winner of the Nobel
Prize and that twice in two different
fields besides being a wife and a
considerate mother she never thought Oh
chemistry’s too manly I can’t do it yet
she never forgot one of her roles as a
woman Oprah Winfrey born and raised in
inhuman miserable conditions although
strangely in the unpredictable course of
life that little girl’s miserable life
turns into a life as a millionaire she
becomes a millionaire now anyone
normally with such background in this
case but spend lavishly for a luxurious
life leaving behind all the past misery
enjoy their lives right but no Winfrey
had bigger goals now she’s an active
individual associated with a number of
campaigns and movements to empower
teenage girls in less fortunate parts of
the world she contributed millions of
dollars from her own wealth to create a
better world Malala yousufzai a
courageous woman who is fearlessly
fighting for girls education not only
through words and speeches but why
organizing campaigns by raising funds in
action she is a hero because she stood
for what she believed in women have the
right to be educated in countries where
they don’t have access to education not
losing her feminine identity and while
being just a 20 year old girl who would
imagine
women of grandeur and greatness like
them are too large in numbers to list
here these women never feel in fear
their women the livers women are proud
to be women and make wonders this woman
my message
the women is clear women be women and
the world will be yours thank you
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