If you ask a mother about her son, then perhaps his rights
as a young boy don’t translate to reality in a situation where being young
implies lack of ability and developed intelligence. But, if several years go by
and that same boy becomes a man, makes a life for himself and is sensible 90%
of the time, then perhaps a mother would view her son’s rights as legitimate.
If you’re a scorned woman with a rocky past with men, then
any right that a man might have may feel like a huge loss or a decline in
women’s liberation. The scars of a personal past may impact on what you may now
feel a man actually has a right to say or do. This can lead to bias and unfair
categorisation of men in general.
A wife’s perspective on the rights of her husband may be
forged through time and incidence. For example, that 100cm television he bought
with the electricity money or the day he forgot half the groceries and
purchased a slab of beer instead may in fact limit the rights of a husband in a
wife’s mind. On the other hand, trust and loyalty can walk hand-in-hand where
rights are thought equal as division of jobs, child-rearing and housework
become fair and equitable.
In the end, no matter a woman’s role in a man’s life; be it
wife, friend, sister, stranger, lover ... the rights of another human being
should never be stifled, ignored or eliminated because of the bias of the past,
present or possibility of the future. Men’s rights are just as valid and
relevant as any woman. No one individual should define what another
human being is capable of or entitled to ... that’s just not right.
Kristy 😀
