She saw it on a Starbucks cup, and said it at a rally in California. Sarah Palin told a gathered crowd, ‘There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women.’ Now there are 100s of blog posts and news stories about it, and the issues it raises. This fits with discussions we’re been following in many different countries.
But do women have an obligation to support other women? Is their such thing as a sisterhood?
And there are fierce debates the world over about whether some women reinforce the main obstacles to the improvement of women’s lives. Abortion, business, education, body image, wearing a head-scarf, being allowed to drive and so on.
Tanzania: teenage girls disagree over whether leaving school, getting married and having kids is the right thing to do, or is reinforcing a patriarchal society.
Native Americans in New Mexico: Only men can be leaders. Respect for tradition say some women, an attack on women’s rights say others.
America: one woman’s support for a ban on abortion, is another’s attack on women.
UK: New research shows that the number of women having plastic surgery on their genitals is going up rapidly. Taking authority of their own bodies say some, another example of women maintaining to live under unrealistic male expectations is the reply.
Pakistan: Islamic traditions are the correct way to live argue some women, others respond that they prevent stop women getting equality.
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