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Ngo-2002, amaqembu abesifazane base-US athumela incwadi ehlangene kuMongameli wangaleso sikhathi uGeorge W. Bush esekela impi eyayizobhekelwa e-Afghanistan ukuze kuhlomule abesifazane. UGloria Steinem (owayekade eyi-CIA), u-Eve Ensler, uMeryl Streep, uSusan Sarandon, nabanye abaningi basayina. INational Organisation for Women, uHillary Clinton, noMadeline Albright bayisekele impi.
Iminyaka eminingi yempi eyinhlekelele eyayibonakala ingabasizanga abesifazane, futhi yabulala, yalimaza, yahlukumeza, futhi yenza inani elikhulu labesifazane elingenamakhaya, ngisho ne-Amnesty International yayisakhuthaza impi yabesifazane.
Ngisho nale minyaka engama-20 kamuva, ngokuhlaziya okucabangelayo, okuyiqiniso okutholakala kalula ezimpini eziningi “ngokwesaba,” iNhlangano Yezizwe Yabesifazane kanye namaqembu ahlobene nabantu ngabanye basiza ukuqhubekisela phambili ukubhaliswa kwabesifazane okuphoqelekile ngokusebenzisa i-US Congress ngezizathu zokuthi ilungelo lobufazi lokuphoqelelwa ngokulinganayo ngokumelene nentando yomuntu yokubulala nokufela isikhulu esiphezulu se-Lockheed Martin.
Incwadi entsha kaRafia Zakaria, Ngokumelene Nabesifazane Abamhlophe, uhlaziya ubufazi besifazane obudlulile besikhathi samanje nobamanje baseNtshonalanga hhayi nje ngokubandlulula kwayo kuphela kodwa nangokwehlukaniswa kwayo, impi yayo, ubuhlakani bayo kanye nokucwaswa kwabokufika. Noma iyiphi inkulumo, kwezepolitiki noma ngenye indlela, izothambekela ekuhlanganisweni ngokobuhlanga emphakathini ohlushwa ukucwasa. Kepha uZakaria usikhombisa ukuthi izinzuzo ezicatshangelwa njengabesifazane kwesinye isikhathi bezilokhu zihlukumeza abantu abangebona “abamhlophe”. Ngenkathi iBrithani inombuso, abanye besifazane baseBrithani babekwazi ukuthola inkululeko entsha ngokuhambela ngaphandle kweHomeland futhi basize ekunqobeni abomdabu. Lapho i-US ithola umbuso, kwaba nokwenzeka ukuthi abesifazane bathole amandla amasha, inhlonipho, nodumo ngokuwukhuthaza.
Njengoba uZakaria elandisa, kwifilimu yase-Hollywood esekelwa yi-CIA I-Zero Emnyama Emashumi amathathu, ophikisayo wesifazane (osuselwe kumuntu wangempela) uzuza inhlonipho kwabanye abalingiswa, ukushayelwa ihlombe yizethameli enkundleni lapho uZakaria ayibuka khona, futhi kamuva umklomelo weBest Actress Academy ngokukhipha usizi emadodeni, ngokukhombisa okukhulu ukulangazelela ukuhlukumeza. “Uma abashisekeli besifazane abamhlophe baseMelika bango-1960 nangesikhathi saseVietnam babekhuthaza ukuphela kwempi,” kubhala uZakaria, “abesifazane abasha baseMelika abasanda kuzalwa bekhulu lama-XNUMX babekhuluma ngokulwa empini nabafana.”
Incwadi kaZakaria ivula nge-akhawunti yomlando wesigcawu esise-bar bar ne-feminists ezimhlophe (noma okungenani abesifazane abamhlophe abasola ngokuqinile ukuthi bangabesifazane abamhlophe - okusho ukuthi, hhayi abesifazane besifazane abamhlophe kuphela, kodwa abesifazane abalwela imibono yabesifazane abamhlophe futhi mhlawumbe nohulumeni baseNtshonalanga noma okungenani amasosha). UZakaria ubuzwa ngemvelaphi yakhe yilaba besifazane futhi wenqaba ukuphendula ngolwazi ulwazi amfundise lona ngeke lwamukelwe kahle.
Ngokusobala uZakaria uphatheke kabi ngempendulo acabanga ukuthi laba besifazane bebengayenza ukube ubatshele izinto angazitshelanga yena. UZakaria ubhala ukuthi uyazi ukuthi unqobe okuningi empilweni yakhe ukwedlula noma yibaphi laba abanye besifazane endaweni yokucwala iwayini, yize kubonakala ukuthi kunolwazi oluncane ngabo njengabo ngaye. Kamuva encwadini, ekhasini 175, uZakaria uphakamisa ukuthi ukubuza umuntu ukuthi libizwa kanjani kahle igama lakhe kungukuzenzisa, kepha ekhasini 176 usitshela ukuthi ukwehluleka ukusebenzisa igama lomuntu elifanele kuyicasula kakhulu. Iningi lale ncwadi lisola ubandlululo ngaphakathi kwabesifazane besebenzisa izibonelo zamakhulu eminyaka adlule. Ngikucabanga okuningi kwalokhu kubonakala kungalungile kumfundi ozivikelayo - mhlawumbe umfundi ezisola ukuthi ubekade ekulelo bha yewayini ngalobo busuku.
Kepha le ncwadi ayibuyekezi ubandlululo lwezikhathi ezedlule zobuntu besifazane ngenxa yalo. Ngokwenza njalo, ikhanyisa ukuhlaziywa kwayo kwezinkinga ezitholakala ebufazaneni namuhla. Futhi ayikhuthazi ukulalela amanye amazwi ukuze nje uthole umbono ongavumelani wokwehluka, kepha ngoba lawo amanye amazwi anezinye izinhloso, ulwazi, nokuhlakanipha. Abesifazane okuye kwadingeka balwe nemishado ehleliwe kanye nobuphofu nokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga bangaba nokuqonda kobufazi kanye nezinhlobo ezithile zokubekezela ezingabaluleka njengokuhlubuka emsebenzini noma inkululeko yezocansi.
Incwadi kaZakaria ilandisa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, okubandakanya ukumenyelwa emicimbini njengowesifazane wasePakistan waseMelika okumele akhonjiswe kakhulu kunokulalelwa, nokukhuzwa ngokungazigqoki "izingubo zakhe zomdabu". Kepha ukugxila kwakhe ekucabangeni kwabesifazane ababuka uSimone de Beauvoir, uBetty Friedan, nabesifazane abamhlophe abasezingeni eliphakathi nendawo abaphambili abahola phambili. Imiphumela ebonakalayo yemibono engadingekile yokuphakama ayinzima ukuyithola. UZakaria unikeza izibonelo ezahlukahlukene zezinhlelo zosizo ezingagcini nje ngokuxhasa izinkampani emazweni acebile kepha zinikeze izimpahla nezinsizakalo ezingabasizi abesifazane okufanele bahlomule, futhi abangakaze babuzwe ukuthi bafuna isitofu noma inkukhu noma okunye okunye uhlelo lokushesha ngokushesha olugwema amandla ezepolitiki, lubheke noma yini eyenziwa abesifazane manje njengengasebenzi, futhi esebenza ngokungazi ngokuphelele ukuthi yini engase izuzise owesifazane kwezomnotho emphakathini ahlala kuwo.
Ukufakwa empini ebhubhisayo e-Afghanistan zisuka nje kwakuwuhlelo lwe-USAID olubizwa ngokuthi yi-PROMOTE ukusiza abesifazane abangama-75,000 base-Afghanistan (ngenkathi bebaqhuma ngamabhomu). Uhlelo luye lwagcina ngokukhohlisa izibalo zalo ukuze luthi noma yimuphi umuntu wesifazane ababekhulume naye “usizakele” noma ngabe wayenaye, uyazi, wazuza, nokuthi abesifazane abangama-20 kwabangu-3,000 20 abasizile ukuthola umsebenzi bazoba “yimpumelelo” - nokho lelo goli lama-XNUMX alizange lifinyelelwe.
Ukubikwa kwemithombo yezinkampani kuqhubekele phambili ngamasiko amade okuvumela abantu abamhlophe bakhulumele abanye, okukhombisa nokwephula izifiso zobumfihlo zabesifazane abangewona abamhlophe ngezindlela ezingabekezelelwa ngabesifazane abamhlophe, zokuqamba amagama abantu abamhlophe nokushiya abanye bengenamagama, kanye nokugwema noma imuphi umqondo walokho okusacatshangwa ngabomdabu njengabantu bomdabu abangase bafune noma okungenzeka bakwenza ukuze bazitholele bona.
Ngiyincoma kakhulu le ncwadi, kepha angiqiniseki ukuthi kufanele ngabe ngibhala lokhu kubuyekezwa kwencwadi. Abesilisa cishe abekho encwadini futhi kunoma iyiphi incazelo engaphakathi kwayo yokuthi abesifazane bangobani. Ubufazi obukulencwadi bungobesifazane, ngabesifazane - okusobala ukuthi kunamamayela ayisigidi kunamadoda akhulumela abesifazane. Kepha ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe awungeni yini enkambisweni yokulwela amalungelo akho wobugovu, abanye besifazane abamhlophe ababonakala bewachaza njengokulwela izintshisekelo zabesifazane abamhlophe. Kubonakala kimi ukuthi abesilisa yibona abasolwa kakhulu ngokuphathwa ngokungenabulungisa nangesihluku kwabesifazane futhi okungenani isidingo esikhulu sobufazi njengabesifazane. Kodwa, ngiyacabanga, ngiyindoda, ngakho bengizocabanga lokho, angithi?
