Especially for women, is communism good for Latin America?

[tailfins]

The one place in Latin America where there is gender equality is in full fledged Marxist circles. I don't see affirmative action or anything like that, it's just that it's so important to advance the Communist Party that it takes precedent over any gender roles. There is true gender equality in Cuba. In fact, Brazil has a female President, fully aligned with Castro and Chavez. It seems even Communist men will lay aside their chauvinism for the good of the party. If you're a woman and want to target workplaces where someone will give you an "in", join your local Communist Party. A worker's party or socialist party won't cut it, you need to join the real deal. For the females on this forum, would you join the Communist Party in alignment with the Castro brothers and Hugo Chavez in exchange for equality? Would you attend Communist Party functions and help build the organization?

[fj1200]

If "equality" is your goal at the expense of all others then it may make sense. But if you want a successful society that advocates equality of opportunity then not so much.

[mundame]

Silly idea. Who would do that?

If you want to slam women, I suggest thinking of a more plausible topic.

[fj1200]

^Who slammed women?

[tailfins]

Silly idea. Who would do that?

If you want to slam women, I suggest thinking of a more plausible topic.

In Brazil, joining the Communist Party can boost a female's career.

[gabosaurus]

Tailfins, my sister and her husband were the legal guardians of a girl who emigrated here from Colombia for three years. She grew up in a small village southeast of Cali that was run by drug cartels. It didn't have electricity or running water. The girls lived with their families and were educated until the age of 13. Then they were either married off or sold. Which is why her mom came to the U.S.
Now she lived in Dallas area, is a few months short of gaining a college degree in Architectural Design and will soon begin a job that starts at $70,000 a year.

While in college, this young lady met a woman from Recife, Brazil. Or just outside of there. Where this woman grew up, the men make all the decisions and the rules. The women exist only to get married. Some get money to join a service that caters to men in the U.S. and Western Europe. Members of the service pay to meet "beautiful Brazilian brides willing to serve their every needs."
This woman was married off to man who lived in Fort Worth, Texas. She was no more than a slave. She spoke little English, had few friends and only got to leave the house to go to the grocery store. She had two kids and did nothing more than household chores all day.
A friend she developed at the grocery store began informing her of her rights as an American citizen. She learned English, left her husband and now has her own home and job.
American women, American rights. :cool:

[tailfins]

Tailfins, my sister and her husband were the legal guardians of a girl who emigrated here from Colombia for three years. She grew up in a small village southeast of Cali that was run by drug cartels. It didn't have electricity or running water. The girls lived with their families and were educated until the age of 13. Then they were either married off or sold. Which is why her mom came to the U.S.
Now she lived in Dallas area, is a few months short of gaining a college degree in Architectural Design and will soon begin a job that starts at $70,000 a year.

While in college, this young lady met a woman from Recife, Brazil. Or just outside of there. Where this woman grew up, the men make all the decisions and the rules. The women exist only to get married. Some get money to join a service that caters to men in the U.S. and Western Europe. Members of the service pay to meet "beautiful Brazilian brides willing to serve their every needs."
This woman was married off to man who lived in Fort Worth, Texas. She was no more than a slave. She spoke little English, had few friends and only got to leave the house to go to the grocery store. She had two kids and did nothing more than household chores all day.
A friend she developed at the grocery store began informing her of her rights as an American citizen. She learned English, left her husband and now has her own home and job.
American women, American rights. :cool:

Recife is a tough place. I darn near got mugged there. My first Brazilian boss was a Recifense back when I lived in Miami. It seems you think a man refusing to do household chores is a form of spousal abuse. My wife and I actually helped a Brazilian woman divorce her southern white trash husband. I personally dug up dirt on him and found a hidden aggravated DUI with child endangerment conviction in Washington State. The white trash beat on her and I personally invited the cops over and told them where he kept his weed.

Slaves don't drive, sweetie. It took me five years to overcome my mother-in-law's interference to get my wife to drive a car. My wife thinks learning English is too much trouble, she tried a job at a doughnut shop and quit after two weeks, she LIKES staying home and watching soap operas. My wife thinks most Americans are a$$holes. She became so distressed with American society that in consideration of her, we lived in Framingham, Massachusetts for awhile, the most Brazilianized city in the USA.

I actually want her to stand on her on feet after the kids are grown. She is younger than I and I don't want her to be a burden on our sons. She is culturally used to going from parents house to husbands house to kids house, never, ever being self sufficient.

[gabosaurus]

I actually want her to stand on her on feet after the kids are grown. She is younger than I and I don't want her to be a burden on our sons. She is culturally used to going from parents house to husbands house to kids house, never, ever being self sufficient.

Wow, you really are a slave master. Please do us all a favor and move back to Brazil.

[tailfins]

Wow, you really are a slave master. Please do us all a favor and move back to Brazil.

It seems like reading comprehension is too much for your pretty little head to understand, baby doll. However, if I ever become bedridden, first of all I know my wife long enough to trust she won't walk away. And... my sons will use how well she takes care of me in my final years as a gauge of how well to take care of her soon thereafter. My sons already understand if she ever sticks me in a nursing home, not to lift a finger to help her after I pass on.