• GrymEdm@lemmy.world
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    Why did none of the other 45 countries on the Commission for Status of Women (CSW) put forth candidates? That’s not rhetorical, it’s an actual question. There’s obviously outrage and that’s understandable - Saudi Arabia is not a good guidepost for gender equality. It’s just strange that there were no other candidates and no dissent (and the article doesn’t give any explanation).

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      It’s a fairly passive aggressive way to put the spotlight on them.

      -Billy constantly disrupts the class by making inappropriate comments about girls.

      -Billy’s teacher decides to have a class discussion on the importance of a positive learning environment.

      -Billy’s teacher assigns Billy the task of researching all the reasons this is important and leading the discussion.

      -Billy is shamed into knocking it the hell off, but gets to feel important and heard.

      -Next time Billy acts inappropriately we are able to pull up his own talking points to remind him how to behave.

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        Billy is not a 11 year old boy. Billy is the hereditary monarch of a nation where they stone women for being accused of adultery. Billy can now claim to be an expert on feminism because Billy has been given legitimacy. Don’t be like Billy or the corrupt pieces of shit who gave him a seat at the table.

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      Because this is a talk-shop, not a dictatorship? I’m not sure what the point of excluding them or even putting limits on their participation would be when they’re the ones that need to hear the conversation.

      I genuinely think the failure of the American education system to educate on what the UN actual is, is very deliberate and indeed successful.

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        They’re the ones that need to hear the conversation, but are they the ones to lead the conversation?

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          Do you understand that a conversation is not a lecture? They are taking their turn in a rotating chair position. It would be weird if they didn’t.

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        Hearing a conversation and leading it are two very different things. I’d suggest avoiding stones when speaking from a glass house…

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        I know what the UN is. They don’t pay taxes and park in handicap parking spots. One time I was blocked from going to a public park because some UN fuck was there. I keyed one of his Mercedes SUVs and proud of myself for doing it.

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        Getting Saudi Arabia to sign a commitment to human rights and take part in a women’s rights forum opens them up to political pressure that would not otherwise exist.

        The powerful nations will never let the UN be a supernational police agency. That doesn’t mean it has no value.