tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10539912.post3363982391692561043..comments2024-03-09T20:09:10.016-05:00Comments on Heartcrossings: Diminishing AdvantageHeartcrossingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11611681863892546438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10539912.post-34883663634874175092012-10-15T11:21:40.801-04:002012-10-15T11:21:40.801-04:00The greatest inventions were done in adversity .So...The greatest inventions were done in adversity .So anyone who is at disadvantage will throw caution to the winds and will give 100 percent.Rite?3mikhttp://www.3mik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10539912.post-6579972171574998532012-09-12T23:36:33.558-04:002012-09-12T23:36:33.558-04:00This article has been doing the rounds on FB, and ...This article has been doing the rounds on FB, and read it yesterday.<br /><br />In the Indian context, it is mostly patriarchial society and decreased opportunities, that I think are behind fewer women seen doing really well at higher levels, though they do so much better at school level.<br /><br />I also recently read this book-Why Loiter- which propounds that women have to strategize a lot more than men to access public space- even manufacture reasons to appear respectable in the public. So an average woman's access to public space decreases as she crosses her early teens and grows older. At the same age, a male's access to public space broadens. This advantage reverses in old age around the time men retire and are no longer seen as earning members. They find it consequently harder than women of the same age to adjust to their shrinking access to public space, as women have spent a lifetime honing their social skills of coping with a narrower public space. <br /><br />Interesting book. Here's the link if you are interested.<br />http://www.amazon.com/Why-Loiter-Women-Mumbai-Streets/dp/0143415956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347507360&sr=8-1&keywords=why+loiter sandhyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654489216158421654noreply@blogger.com