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Open Question: Thoughts from all women here on this?

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My wife and I came to the States several years ago. We have a teenage son, who will be in his high scool senior year next year. I've noticed a very big difference in the rights women have. Men do NOT talk down to women, harrass them, or assault them. If a man does, he pays the price! It's very different from where we came from. Women take more of a background role in work and family. I was raised in the old ways, but here, I have learned VERY quickly that women are to given the utmost respect, and I have adjusted. I think this is a good thing, what has happened here, feminism. Women have stood up and demanded to be treated with respect, paid equally, and they take NO crap from us men! They've gotten their goals achieved. My wife has also adjusted. Now, she takes taekwondo, and goes to a gym and works out. I actually went with her once, and on the leg press, she defeated me by 80 lbs! Her legs are stronger than mine are! Men back home would complain about that. But here, women can do what men can do, and a lot of times better! Even at my work, my boss is a woman, and I know to give her nothing but respect. When she tells me to do something, I don't hesitate or talk down. I instantly say, "Yes, ma' am!" and I do what she tells me. Women have earned this! My wife and I have taught our son about feminism, and how women were treated as beneath men for so long, but now, the tables have turned! Women must be respected, and he is NEVER to lift his hand to a woman and slap her! That's even if he gets slapped by a woman! Because I have heard women say when they've slapped a man, "He deserved it." I have seen how some males act disrespectful, and even touch on females inappropriately here. And they get slapped, good for you ladies! You're right, if men do that, they deserve it! We've taught him about feminism so he understands what women went through, and how that's not tolerated anymore. So he knows that women can do what men can do, not to talk down to them, and to do what he's supposed to do to treat them right. Even with my wife, I do as she asks, and we have no problems. It's not an easy adjustment, but it's been good to learn. However, some friends at his school make fun of him for this. Of course, he says 2 of them have been slapped by girls that he knows of. Not surprising. Do you think it was a good thing for my wife and I to teach him about feminism and equality here? Your thoughts?
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