The Family

Will the family one day be looked on as slavery once was, i.e. the ownership of one human being by another?

yeah, I really don't get how being married to someone or being their parent = ownership.

Under the family, children have to do whatever their parents decide, no matter what. The parent owns the child.

timothy leary wrote: Because children always do as they are told?

Go tidy your room now.

Dean wrote: Go tidy your room now.

And then, Mr Lewis.

Isn't time that he was out on his own?

The Dark Elf wrote: condor wrote: Will the family one day be looked on as slavery once was, i.e. the ownership of one human being by another?   Please offer some context in regards to your question. In some societies, particularly in the Middle-east, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc., the rigid patriarchal structure of the family (whether through rigid stratification of caste, fundamentalism or traditional taboos and medieval mores) amounts to slavery for women.

You completely Wrong. Iran in Middle-East but we are not ARAB. I respect to our ARAB neighbors but we are not ARAB. Women is free in Iran. I know what you think. Hejab (or Hijab) is like uniform in Iran and Police force women (and men) to have Hejab BUT Iranian women are free beside of Hijab . They can vote and they can candidate for President and Parliament. We have many women in Parliament. Iranian women works like men . Iranian women allowed to drive (in some of ARAb countries they can do that). My wife and daughter drive more than me. They save their family name after wedding . and too many another things. Unfotunately your media tell you lies about Iran and made a ugly face of us. They (your medias) show on TV some Iranian people that say "Down with USA" or this kind of stuffs but Most of Iranian peoples LOVE Americans and other west nations. a little people show off this "Down with ..."  and all of this kind of peopls organized by goverment to show off for political purpose. You can ask your Athletes or any one that triped to IRAN.

Edited by O666 - October 18 2015 at 13:27

condor wrote: Under the family, children have to do whatever their parents decide, no matter what. The parent owns the child.

You got it all wrong man. It's the parent who end up doing what they're told. "Dad, drive me to the mall, Mom buy me that cool dress" Know who the slaves really are !

And I don't agree in any sense that Family = Slavery or that the two have any connection at all. Not to be too personal on this but "Dumb topic"

condor needs to have the right of thread making removed for a week

Edited by Horizons - October 18 2015 at 14:59

The song I have looping in my head lately when reading these threads is Boingo's "Capitalism".