Sipanachedwe kuti Chisankho cha Chaka Chatsopano cha Amuna: kuwonekera mokulirapo pa Marichi ya Amayi chaka chino kuposa kale. Kulikonse kumene akuchitikira ku Washington, DC kapena Anchorage, Alaska, tiyeni tilimbikitse amuna kuti aziguba kuti azigwirizana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi, ndikusintha umuna.
Kumenyera ufulu wa amayi ndikomenyera ulemu, chilungamo, ndi ufulu m'mbali zonse za moyo wa amayi - kuchokera kunyumba kupita kuntchito, kuchokera kuchipinda chogona kupita kuchipinda chogona. Amuna ambiri amachedwa kuvomereza nkhanza zomwe amayi amakumana nazo. Ngati titha kuchoka m’njira yathuyathu, kupuma chifukwa cha mantha athu a akazi opatsidwa mphamvu—ngati tiri okonzeka kulimbana ndi mantha olakwika a ukazi—pali dziko latsopano limene likuyembekezera kumene amuna adzakhala ndi moyo wolemera, wosonyeza maganizo.
Kuyambira mu 2017, amuna adalowa nawo mu Marichi yoyamba ya Akazi ambiri. Pa ulendo wa chaka chino, tiyeni tilembe amuna ambiri. Afufuzeni m'chipinda chosungiramo katundu ndi gulu lachipembedzo; masewera a poker ndi shopu ya khofi. Apempheni kuti asamangolimbikitsa chilungamo pakati pa amuna ndi akazi, komanso kuti alankhule za chilungamo cha mitundu, chuma, chipembedzo ndi chilengedwe.
Ndi zovuta zanyengo zomwe zikuwopseza chilichonse, tiyeni tilemekeze Greta Thunberg ndi gulu lachinyamata lomwe likukula; iwo akufuna timachita zambiri kuposa kungonena chabe dziko lomwe likuyaka moto chifukwa cha kunyalanyaza mosasamala kwa azungu omwe ali ndi mwayi.
Ganizirani izi: Akazi (kuphatikizapo transwomen) ndi amene apulumuka nkhanza zochitiridwa nkhanza pakati pa amuna ndi akazi; Akazi amapeza magawo anayi mwa magawo asanu a zomwe amuna amapeza; akazi (ndi ana) amayang'anizana ndi chiopsezo chachikulu cha masoka a nyengo; ndipo ndi akazi omwe ufulu wawo wakubala ukuphwanyidwa. (Madera asanu ndi anayi tsopano akuletsa kuchotsa mimba amayi ambiri asanadziwe kuti ali ndi pakati.)
Mosagwedezeka pa kutsimikiza mtima kwawo kukonza zolakwika izi, akazi akutsogolera kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, kuyambira m'misewu kupita ku bokosi la voti - kuchokera ku #Inenso ndi #TimesUp mayendedwe kwa amayi omwe adasankhidwa kukhala paudindo mu 2018 ndi 2019 mwachiwerengero chomwe sichinachitikepo. Chofunika kwambiri pa masomphenya awo ndikukwaniritsa chilungamo cha amuna ndi akazi mu gulu lomwe amuna ambiri amalingalira chifukwa chathu, nawonso. Kwa mibadwo iwiri amuna a mafuko ndi mafuko onse ku US ndi padziko lonse lapansi akhala akugwira ntchito pofuna kupewa nkhanza zapakhomo ndi zachiwerewere, ndikutanthauziranso ndikusintha malingaliro achikhalidwe okhudza umuna, utate, ndi ubale. Voice Male, magazini yomwe ndimasintha, yakhala ikufotokoza zoyesayesazi kwa zaka makumi atatu ndipo mutu wotsatira wa nkhaniyi udzafotokozedwa mwa zina ndi amuna omwe agwirizana ndi akazi pa kuguba ndi kupitirira.
Kodi amuna angachite chiyani? Choyamba, fufuzani. Kuguba kwa amayi kungathe kulimbikitsa abambo kuti awunikenso moyo wathu, aliyense atakhala ndi mwayi wofufuza moyo, kudzifunsa momwe tathandizira kutsankho, tsankho ndi nkhanza kwa amayi. Ndi zidziwitso zomwe timapeza, titha kuthandiza kusintha umuna komanso ife eni.
Tiyeni tigunde ngati abambo, osamalira, agogo ndi alangizi, kulera anyamata kuti aziyamikira chifundo kuposa mpikisano, mgwirizano pa kudzipatula. Tiyeni tigunde ngati ana aamuna ndi aakazi, amalume ndi adzukulu, amene amazindikira kuti “nkhani yokhazikika” yaumuna imaumiriza moyo wathu wamalingaliro, imatichititsa khungu kuti tisaone momwe tingakhalire anthu athunthu. Tiyeni tigunde ngati amuna ndi akazi omwe amazindikira kuti akazi akalemekezedwa ndi kupatsidwa mphamvu, amakhala osangalala komanso aliyense wowazungulira.
Tiyeni tigunde ndi zikwangwani zoŵerenga kuti, “Izi Ndizimene Wochirikiza Akazi Amawonekera,” ndi “Mwamuna Wina Wolimbana ndi Chiwawa kwa Akazi.” Tikhala tikutsatira mwambo wonyadira wa gulu lina la mbiri yakale: ufulu wa amayi.
Chaka chino chikuyimira 100th chikumbutso cha kumenyedwa kwa amayi kuti apeze ufulu wovota. Amuna ambiri anadzipereka ku cholinga chimenecho, akumaguba kumbuyo kwa chikwangwani cholengeza, “Men’s League for Women Suffrage.” “Okwanira” ameneŵa anali osasunthika polimbikitsa kulanditsidwa kwa akazi. Iwo anatenga mbali. Ndipo kumapeto kwa mwezi uno, atazunguliridwa ndi nyanja ya akazi ovala zipewa za pussycat atanyamula zikwangwani zosonyeza kutsimikiza mtima kwawo kuti asabwererenso, amuna nawonso atengapo mbali. Ngati mgwirizano ndi mgwirizano pakati pa amayi ndi abambo pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi sizinandiphunzitse china chilichonse, ndikuti amuna ndi anyamata sangakhale mbali ya kuguba kwa amayi, koma kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha amayi. Ngati tili okonzeka kukonza khungu lachimuna mkati mwathu, pali malo amuna mu gulu ili. Ife sitisowa kuti tidzikweza, koma tiyenera kuyimirira.
Zoperekedwa ndi PeaceVoice, Rob Okun ndi mkonzi wa Voice Male magazini ndi membala wa bungwe la North American MenEngage. Kusindikiza kwachiwiri kwa anthology ake VOICE MALE: The Untold Story of the Profeminist Men's Movement inasindikizidwa mu 2018. Akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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