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Shoot straight - are these 2 writers biased against women?
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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I read BusinessDaily on occasion. Two male writers are being accused of being against women. Is it taboo for men to discuss women, please let me know whether I'm missing something  FIRST: Two weeks ago, Frank Njenga wrote an article about a woman who wants to confess about being abused by a respected uncle when she was a teenager. The problem it was over 30 years ago, she's long married and has two children. In the advice given in the column, Dr. Njenga wondered what her real motive was so many years later. http://www.businessdailyafrica..../0/-/au2vpc/-/index.htmlTHEN: Only last week, Peter Mutua wrote an article about having too many women leaders in a firm. His opinion was if women constitute a significant majority of management in a workplace, the resulting corporate environment can be disturbing http://www.businessdailyafrica....80/-/bemgf2/-/index.htmlToday a writer penned a reaction in an opinion piece alongside his column titled 'Women have proved their mettle as top CEOs, embrace them'; that among other accusations he's received in social media.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/6/2008 Posts: 3,586
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 Absolutely classic articles, they will really cause debate, fantastic pieces! Ras Kienyeji Man
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Rank: Member Joined: 2/7/2013 Posts: 447 Location: Nairobi
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Every study done on women has been done by men. Do they really understand being a woman? Or who a woman really is? Maybe enough has not been said. More women are enrolling in higher education than before, which will mean that they will also start taking up those same roles the men are taking especially in job market and business. I guess its time to embrace them from top to bottom. You cant win, unless you first begin....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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First, Dr. Njenga hasn't exhausted his exploration of the abused woman's motives. In fact, he is insinuating that there'd be more guilt in telling the truth, or allowing others to access the truth.
The option he avoided was that the Woman was intending to start a global healing process.
He asks the woman whether she feels like the Christ, and implies that such feelings are morbid. That is, the Christ he quotes to buttress his arguments is Morbid.
The doctor is playing tricks.
By this, he is encouraging, and upholding a status quo that is morbid in itself.
So is Mr. Mutua perpetuating tricks. He is simply asserting a status quo.
Women, are reflections of men. Men, of God. Therefore are equal to Men and equally subject to the laws of the universe.
It is not about men versus women; but humanity and the laws of nature and God.
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/26/2008 Posts: 365
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That one by Dr. Njenga is just appalling. Jeez! Is that how he advises his patients? If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love - Maya Angelou
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/25/2007 Posts: 1,574
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Jacy26 wrote:That one by Dr. Njenga is just appalling. Jeez! Is that how he advises his patients? Now, that's a proper psychiatrist! From seeing so many disturbed minds. Yes, that lady needs to evaluate her urges to speak out now, so many years after the abuse happened. The effects of 'the truth' will harm her (and many others) more that if she forgave and forgot. Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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jguru wrote:Jacy26 wrote:That one by Dr. Njenga is just appalling. Jeez! Is that how he advises his patients? Now, that's a proper psychiatrist! From seeing so many disturbed minds. Yes, that lady needs to evaluate her urges to speak out now, so many years after the abuse happened. The effects of 'the truth' will harm her (and many others) more that if she forgave and forgot. In Wazua you even find fellows better than Dr. Njenga in a field they have never tried!!!!! ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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jguru wrote:Jacy26 wrote:That one by Dr. Njenga is just appalling. Jeez! Is that how he advises his patients? Now, that's a proper psychiatrist! From seeing so many disturbed minds. Yes, that lady needs to evaluate her urges to speak out now, so many years after the abuse happened. The effects of 'the truth' will harm her (and many others) more that if she forgave and forgot. Clearly, you are saying that fear can bring forgiveness, and forgetfulness. But the lady has always been in fear! So there is no change being experienced. There can be no forgiveness. When should she have spoken about this abuse? Did that time have less factors to consider? Was she old enough to handle the issue? Could she defend herself? The doctor could be the perfect psychiatrist as perhaps Freud was, but even Freud is not the ultimate. It is said that he also realized the ubiquity of child abuse but bowed to social pressure. So being the perfect psychiatrist doesn't mean that an opinion or approach is correct.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/5/2010 Posts: 2,061 Location: Nairobi
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I have seen what Peter Mutua has described first hand. All the women in the lower ranks resigned or were constantly looking for work elsewhere in a certain dept headed by a woman with senior women managers as well.
On earth, the reality is different from feminist theory and empowerment. In many cases, women are uncommonly mean and bitchy to fellow women.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/25/2007 Posts: 1,574
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tycho wrote:jguru wrote:Jacy26 wrote:That one by Dr. Njenga is just appalling. Jeez! Is that how he advises his patients? Now, that's a proper psychiatrist! From seeing so many disturbed minds. Yes, that lady needs to evaluate her urges to speak out now, so many years after the abuse happened. The effects of 'the truth' will harm her (and many others) more that if she forgave and forgot. Clearly, you are saying that fear can bring forgiveness, and forgetfulness. But the lady has always been in fear! So there is no change being experienced. There can be no forgiveness. When should she have spoken about this abuse? Did that time have less factors to consider? Was she old enough to handle the issue? Could she defend herself? The doctor could be the perfect psychiatrist as perhaps Freud was, but even Freud is not the ultimate. It is said that he also realized the ubiquity of child abuse but bowed to social pressure. So being the perfect psychiatrist doesn't mean that an opinion or approach is correct. In the end, it is HER decision to make. To tell or not to tell. It's up to her. Any benefits or loses that accrue from her decision will be of her own volition. Dr. Njenga's advice is sound and rational. She should speak to someone else before she can make that decision to speak out. Or for psychological healing. This is a classic case of post-traumatic stress disorder. She is reliving the events of her traumatic experience many years later. Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.
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