W
wamkelekile
kwiHotele Satire, abantu…kunye nani gals. Ihotele yeSatire yindawo
apho iigals zifunda ukuba zizihlomelo zasekhaya ezazalelwa kuzo
kuba.
The
isihloko esishushu kubayeni bethu kule nyanga ibe uloyiso US
ngokuchasene nobubi kunye nombuzo osoloko ubalulekile: ingaba imfazwe kunye nayo
iziphumo zichaphazela utyalo-mali lwethu lwesitokhwe?
Ngokutsho
kwimagazini yeshishini
Nkampani
kukho ukungavisisani okuninzi
malunga noku. Eli phephancwadi lijonga kwiimfazwe ezine zokugqibela ezinkulu
ukusinceda ukulungisa lo mba:
-
emva konyaka
I-Operation Desert Storm ka-1991 yabhengezwa njengeyimpumelelo
I-Dow yayinyuke ngeepesenti ze-13.4 (ukusuka kwi-2,882.20 ukuya kwi-3,269.50) -
emva “kokuphuma
Saigon” yaye ngaloo ndlela ephelisa “ubukho belizwe
eVietnam, i-Dow yenyuka i-21.0 ekhulwini (ukusuka kwi-821.30 ukuya kwi-996.90) -
ekupheleni kwe
iMfazwe yaseKorea yeminyaka emithathu, iDow yenyuka ngama-25 ekhulwini; emva kweVE
ngosuku, inyuke ngama-21.3 ekhulwini.
Nakuba
abayeni bethu bacamngca umbuzo omkhulu wendlela ukufa nokutshatyalaliswa
inokunceda ukwandisa inzuzo, iigals kwiHotele ziye zaxhalaba
malunga nomnye umbuzo ophambili: imfazwe iya kuyichaphazela njani indima yethu
njengezinto zasekhaya? Isiphumo sokuhla kweegals ngokwenene
belwela ilizwe labo, beshiya amakhaya neentsapho zabo, bezama
ukuba ngabadlali abazimeleyo kwinqanaba lehlabathi endaweni yokuphila
ngamadoda abo sele iqalile.
Njani
siyayazi lonto? Ngenxa ka-Annika Sorenstam, umdlali ophezulu we-gal
kukhenketho lweegals. Uye wamenywa ukuba adlale kwitumente yokwenyani yegalufa,
oko kukuthi, kukhenketho lwamadoda, waza wavuma.
Ngoku,
ukuba wayemnkele ukuze afumane umyeni odlala igalufa omhle
ngokwakhe, oko kuya kulunga, nangona kungafanelekanga. Ukuba yena
wayekhona ukuthengisa ishampu okanye iziyobisi zokutya okanye makeup kwaye wayesiya
ukunxiba isinxibo esinencasa, ngelixa ubonisa ukukrazula okumnandi kunye nokugubha
ejikeleza ibala yegalufa bembombozela i-inities, oko kuya kulunga kwakhona.
Kodwa akanjalo. Udlala namadoda “UKUVAVANYA
KWAYE.”
Ngaba
uyakholwa yiloo nto? Le gal iyingozi kakhulu kwimpucuko kunokuba
Saddam (igama lokuqala kuphela, nceda, kubantu ababi).
ezinye
lamadoda athethe ngobugorha ngokuchasene nolu jiko loyikekayo
iziganeko-uAnnika wayeza kuba ngumfazi wokuqala ukudlala kumadoda
ukhenketho ukusukela ngo-1945. Uthe uVijah Singh, ophumelele iitumente ezimbini, “I
ndiyathemba ukuba uyalikhumbula ithuba. Ngoba? Akangowalapha phandle.
Ukuba nditsalwa naye, nto leyo endingayi kuba yiyo, andiyi
dlala. Uza kungqina ntoni ngokudlala? Iyahlekisa….
Uthatha indawo kumntu osentsimini.”
Ewe,
enkosi kuVijay. Kodwa uyayiphosa ingongoma. Akukho malunga nokuba
ungowabo okanye into ayingqinayo okanye unokubetha enye yazo
amadoda (gals baye baqeqeshwa, ukususela ngonaphakade, ukuba bangaze babethe a
guy nantoni na, nokuba Patchesi), imalunga nokuba oku
i-galness efanelekileyo-njengoko inqunywe yizabelo zesini, itshixiwe
kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo kumadlelo eAfrika, kwaye yaqinisekisa kwakhona
eBhayibhileni, njengoko itolikwa ngabo basondeleyo kuThixo, oko kukuthi, uGeorge
Bush, kunye nenkampani.
The
I-Satire gals ibhale u-Annika ileta emfutshane kuloo nto, isithi,
“Annika, sithandwa, yiyeke. Uyi gal. Akunakubakho ujingi
iklabhu ebholeni ngoxa amadoda ekufuphi—okanye kuyo nayiphi na enye into
ixesha, ngaloo nto. Ngaphandle kokuba kukudlula ixesha lokudlala igalufa
gal- bahlobo, ngelixa ulinde indoda yakho ukuba ibuye izokusebenzela.
Kwimeko apho, soloko uxoxa ngokuthenga, ukucoceka kwabasetyhini, indlela engcono ngayo
ukukhonza amadoda ebomini bakho, kuquka i-pet gerbil.
“Kwakhona,
Annika, akunakubakho UKUZIVAVANYA. Iigals zafakwa kule nto
umhlaba njengeepaki zokuzonwabisa zokuhombisa indoda yolu didi.
Zifumanele i-makeover kwaye uthathe ikhosi ye-Hotel Satire
indlela yokulala kwitawuli yaselwandle, ulungele ukukhonza i-barbecued
isaladi yenkukhu kunye neetapile okanye uqhwabele izandla iinzame zomntu wakho kwigalufa
kunjalo.”
It
kungenxa yale gal ye-harpy, u-Annika, ukuba iigals zeSatire zinazo
bakhupha eyabo inguqulelo yePatriot Act—eyaziwa ngothando
kwi-Hotel Satire njenge-Going Hitler One Better Act (GHOBA). Ibiyi
iphefumlelwe sisiganeko ngexesha le-Operation Free I-Iraqi's From
Owayesakuba nguMfelandawonye wethu, uSaddam kunye nokuBuyisela iDemokhrasi Ngokuyenza ibe yi-US
Ukuba nezinto.
Ngokutsho
ukuya kwi-29 kaMatshi
ENew York Times
Inqaku likaDexter Filkins (“Nokuba
Thatha iShot Okanye Thatha ithuba”), isajini yaseMelika ngempazamo
wabulala ibhinqa elingummi kufutshane nejoni laseIraq.
Ijoni laseMerika lacela uxolo ngokubulala eli bhinqa lathi, “Ndim
uxolo, kodwa intshontsho lisendleleni."
Uxolo
nathi okomzuzwana. Ukuchwetheza nje igama elithi "intshontsho" kusenza
iliso elinenkungu. Akukho nto ifana nokuncitshiswa kwifama yasekhaya
isilwanyana ukuvuselela iimvakalelo zokuthand' izwe ze-gal. Andisathethi ke ngobugorha
yejoni esenza oko bonke abantu bebecinga ukususela ngoko
ukufika “kwentshukumo yamabhinqa” eyoyikekayo; ukuba
lilo naliphi na intshontsho elithe laphambana nelungelo lomntu lokubulala nokungxwelerha.
okanye nantoni na-yi-TOAST.
The
Iindwendwe zaseSatire Hotel zivakalelwa kukuba “intshontsho belisendleleni”
Ingxelo ichaza kakuhle into ebingalunganga emhlabeni
ixesha elide ngoku. Yiyo loo nto sidale iChick Was
KwiNdlela yoMthetho (CWIWA; ebizwa ngokuba yi-chihuahua). Esi senzo sichaza i
undoqo we-galness, njengoko kukhankanyiwe ngasentla, kwaye ibhengeza ukuba zonke izehlo
amantshontsho asendleleni uya kohlwaywa ngesohlwayo okanye ukuvalelwa entolongweni
ngaphandle kwenkqubo efanelekileyo, kuxhomekeke kubukhulu bolwaphulo-mthetho.
UAnnika, umzekelo, uya kufumana ubomi (okanye ixesha elide) ngaphandle kwengqawule.
Kunye nobonelelo lobomi bezinto zokuthambisa ukuze ajongeke kakuhle, hayi
khankanya ubufazi, ngelixa ukhonza ixesha. Kwabo kuni
babhidekile malunga nendlela yokuphepha ukuba sendleleni, sinika imizekelo.
Okokuqala, njengoko kuboniswe apha, nayiphi na indoda ethe, phakathi kwesibetho se-SARS,
usazikhathaza ngemibandela yokuthambisa, kuquka nendlela yokufaka isicelo
i-rouge ejikeleze imaski ye-SARS, kukuphakama kwe-chickism. Gals, hayi
nokuba kubi kangakanani na, qiniseka ukuba amashiya akho azotywe ngokuchanekileyo.
The
gal (naye oku kulo mfanekiso) owathi ngenkalipho wanxiba ilokhwe yomtshato
phakathi kwemfazwe, ukutsiba ngovuyo ukuya emtshatweni wakhe ngengozi-
ubudala, ebonakala engakhathali ngokungabi nambane, akukho ndlu,
kwaye akukho manzi, yeyona nto ibalulekileyo yobuntshontsho. UAnnika wayenokufunda
isifundo okanye ezintathu kule gal. Endaweni yokuba AZIVAVANYE, yena
UFANELE UKUZIQAMISA (yinyani, uAnnika unomyeni, kodwa hayi
umcimbi).
As
kude njengokuba gals esemkhosini, umthetho apha uyafana
yeyomdlalo wegalufa: akunakubakho iigals eziwangawangisa imipu phakathi
yamaqela amakhulu amadoda, kungasathethwa ke ngokudubula ngeebhombu nokutyhutyha. Ezomkhosi
amantshontsho anokunceda amadoda ukuba alwe ngokuba ngoonobhala okanye abongikazi
okanye ngokubetha isonka senyama kunye neetapile ezicujiweyo, ngelixa umile
ngamabele aphumayo.
Ngokutsho
ukuba
Nkampani
Amajoni aseUnited States ahlala apho
uMbindi Mpuma uya kufumana iikopi ezingama-15,000 XNUMX simahla “zabafana
kwiphephancwadi iDennis Publishing. Kwakhona i-Time Inc iyathumela
iikopi ze
Umzobo weMidlalo
ed
(umcimbi wokuqubha, we
ngokuqinisekileyo), kwaye uPlayboy uthi "inikezela ngabasebenzi [hayi
service-gals, nceda uqaphele] idilesi ye-imeyile apho banokusayina khona
ukuya kufumana imifanekiso (engeyongubo) kunye nemiyalezo evela kwiPlaymates.”
Akunjalo
intle leyo? Siziva sithand' izwe kwakhona xa sicinga
imikhosi yethu (amadoda kuphela, nceda) ibulala ngelixa isihla kwi-gals '
accoutrements, into ebanceda babe amajoni ngcono, njengoko
sonke siyazi.
enye
isifundo kwabo babhidekileyo malunga nokuba ingaba baphula i-CWIWA na
inokufumaneka kwingxoxo-mpikiswano eqhubekayo malunga nendima ka “Okokuqala
Amanenekazi” kunye “nabafazi booPolitiko.” A kutsha nje
New
York Times
inqaku elithi, “Ukuthetha Ingqondo Yakhe, Ukusebenzisa Incwadi Yakhe Yetshekhi,”
uxoxa noTeresa Heinz Kerry-umfazi womgqatswa wobumongameli
UJohn Kerry-kwaye nokuba uya kulinceda na iphulo lakhe (njengakuPat
Nixon) okanye wenzakalisa iphulo lakhe (njengakuHillary Clinton). Kwakunjalo uTeresa
wabuza uluvo lwakhe ngengxelo kaRichard M. Nixon ngowe-1992,
ebhekisela kuHillary, “Ukuba umfazi naye ubanguye
yomelele kwaye ikrelekrele kakhulu, yenza ukuba umyeni abonakale ngathi uligwala,”
UNksz Kerry wabuyisela umva (egad, ngokuzenzekelayo), “Ewe, sonke siyazi
URichard Nixon akazange adibane kakhulu nendlela abafazi abafanele ngayo
kuba.” Ukususela kwesi siganeko, ngokutsho kwenqaku, uTeresa
igcinwe phantsi kweliso elibukhali, kunye nabancedisi bebeka iliso kudliwanondlebe lwakhe,
hleze abe nabuganga bakuthetha oku. Kodwa, phantsi kweChick
Uthathe inyathelo, wayeza kuba sejele, apho wayenokufunda khona ukuthanda kakhulu
ubunzima bakhe kunye nevumba lakhe lokugoba, njengoko kufanelekile kwiigals / amantshontsho. Ndithatha
Ingqondo yomntu kunye nokusebenzisa incwadi yetshekhi yimizekelo ephambili
iigals ezisendleleni kwaye zihlelwe njengezobugwenxa (hayi
khankanya abantu abangenakuthanda ilizwe); enyanisweni, ndicinga nje ngokwenza ezo zimbini
izinto zohlwaywa ngokufa okanye, ngcono noko, isikhephe sezinto zokuthambisa
wasiwa kwisisele sakhe, kunye nomqeqeshi wakhe wokufundisa
indlela yakhe yokuba li-twit elingazicingeliyo eliyi-gals, ngokwemvelo,
azalwe abe.
kuba
abo kuni baxhalabileyo malunga nokuhlaselwa kwamva nje kweegals kwisenzo
iimuvi ezibonakala zinenxaxheba—kunokuba zimile
ejikeleza ngokungenakunceda ekhala, njengoko iqhawe limpompa umntu ombi-kufuneka
yomelela. Logama nje iigals zijongeka zinomtsalane ngelixa ziphosa, ziya kuthi
ungabethwa ngesohlwayo okanye isigwebo sokuvalelwa entolongweni. Ngqina uCharlie
Iingelosi njengoko zijikeleza iinjini zemoto kwaye zithulelana phantsi. Ezi
iigals ngokucacileyo azikho endleleni, ziyi-soufflés e-sexy
ilungele ukuphakelwa nokudliwa ngabantu.
enye
umzekelo omhle, ekufuneni i-chickivity efanelekileyo, inokufumaneka
isiganeko sakutshanje (esixelwe kwi
Boston Globe
, NgoMeyi 14)
kamama ozinikeleyo “webhola ekhatywayo” owabetha wanegazi
umntwana oneminyaka eli-11 ubudala ngenxa yokuba wayevuyela iqela elichasayo
umdlalo we-baseball wonyana wakhe. Phantsi kwe-CWIWA, ayizukwenza lo mama-gal kuphela
ufumane ibhaso ngokukwazi kwakhe ukuphila ngokungazingci ngendoda
kolu didi, uyakubekwa ukuba alawule i-CWIWA.
Kutheni uchitha izixhobo ezixabisekileyo ngezigwebo ezide entolongweni, kunye nezinye
izohlwayo, xa unako ukubetha iigals ezingenangqondo (okanye uzidubule) njenge
ulwaphulo lwenzeka? Ke, njengejoni lethu laseMelika elinesibindi,
sinokumbombozela, “Uxolo, kodwa intshontsho belisendleleni.”
ULydia Sargent
ngumseki/abasebenzi be
Z
. Enkosi kuSteve Shalom
Inqaku le-ZNet elithi "intshontsho lalisendleleni" licaphula kwi
ENew York Times
.