Activism: Choosing a minority group:
So what are the criteria best describe the minority group with whom I am considering collaborating in the project regarding the role of metaphysics and social acceptance?
Criteria:
The minority group needs to be:
1. Universal (in terms of the earth)
2. Found in all cultures, races, genders, religions, nations, …
3. Rejected universally
4. Rejected historically
5. Consistently under social attack
6. Insecure as to their contemporary social acceptance
7. Subjugated
8. Persecuted
9. …
There is no doubt women, as a group, are globally subjugated.
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Women go 'missing' by the millions |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Tribune Media Services International |
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/24/opinion/edali.php
…But when I read him the figures in a 2004 policy paper published by the
One United Nations estimate says from 113 million to 200 million women around the world are demographically "missing." Every year, from 1.5 million to 3 million women and girls lose their lives as a result of gender-based violence or neglect.
How could this possibly be true? Here are some of the factors:
In countries where the birth of a boy is considered a gift and the birth of a girl a curse from the gods, selective abortion and infanticide eliminate female babies.
Young girls die disproportionately…
…In countries where women are considered the property of men, …
…In the past two centuries, those in the West have gradually changed the way they treat women. As a result, the West enjoys greater peace and progress. It is my hope that the third world will embark on this effort. Just as we put an end to slavery, we must end the gendercide.
(Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch legislator, lives under 24-hour protection because of death threats against her by Islamic radicals since the murder of Theo van Gogh, with whom she made the film "Submission" about women and Islam. This Global Viewpoint article was distributed by Tribune Media Services.)
The article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali is well worth reading (see link given)
This group of individuals meets most the criteria, however, they are not a minority group. Women represent more than fifty percent of the population, are not cross gender,
Metaphysics can no doubt act as a primary means of advancing women’s rights and I would be honored to have all women and groups attempting to advance women’s rights use the material found on my two sites as a rational bases to argue the rights of women.
Having said that, I have decided to continue my interactions with a minority group which meets all the criteria listed.
I made contact with this group in February and they have shown some interest.
My next step will be to ask for volunteers to work with me.
I will post updates, including the nature of the group, from time to time as the process proceeds.