spyder880: The trend these days is to have a family where both man and wife work to make ends meet, but are there ways to keep the "weaker gender" from doing tough jobs which were supposed to be left for the men, or where do we draw the lines? Again, should women work at all outside the home to make additional money for the family?

The following pictures are not meant to demean women, but to say it as it is. This happened today as I visited a site.

What do you think?

Ninapha: Yes if she choose to. There are many ways a woman can choose to, why wd they go for mixing of cement when they can fry akara and yam and still make gud money. Why shd she go for chopping of fire wood when she can cook 'iwa' beans and or other lesser streneous yet money spining ventures. Some women want to show muscles thinkn more money is made from muscles. No one forced them its their choice of trade.

engrtee: B4 women were d weaker sex.they dont work hard,just stay at home and raise the children.

Today,they want to make money. They arent satisfied wit staying at home.they want to president.they started pushn for genda equality,woman empowerment.what a man can do a woman can do better.

THEY BROUGHT IT TO THEMSELF.WHY COMPLAIN

spyder880: The trend these days is to have a family where both man and wife work to make ends meet, but are there ways to keep the "weaker gender" from doing tough jobs which were supposed to be left for the men, or where do we draw the lines? Again, should women work at all outside the home to make additional money for the family?

The following pictures are not meant to demean women, but to say it as it is. This happened today as I visited a site.

What do you think?

Kobojunkie:

um . . . woman have been doing hard work for millenia. From the women who helped in the building of the pyramids, the great wall of china, to those who help in wars. I think you are asking the wrong question because the answers are obvious. If you are a man and you do not want your wife to do "hard work" then you ought to, before you get married, ensure that

a) You have significant savings set aside for you two and the children you expect from your marriage

b) Get a woman who understands, agrees and is willing to work with you to achieve your goal

c) ensure the woman is at least skilled enough so she would not need to resort to doing hard labor should there come a time when the family needs her to aid in generating money for it's survival. I mean if you take a village woman with no real skills for a wife, chances are she will only get work that requires hard labor if she goes out looking for work.

Tolaaaaannni: Ok so first and formost i got a little offended when you refered to women as being the "weaker gender" (That is very untrue by the way, considering the fact that women can do what men can do much more better) But as for the topic, I think that the work should be split equally between both men and women. Noone should do a work that is too hard or a work that is too easy. Women shouldn't be used as slave and men shouldn't be used as Robots.

Ninilowo: Noooo not at all. Women, the pride of a nation.

bugmenot: In the western world, women do everything. I was surprised to see women driving commercial busses as large as what we call luxurious busses and even larger. I actually had a Canadian friend who was in the army, she drove larger trucks, I think 18 wheelers or thereabout. More recently, I've seen lots of women working at (road) construction sites, I've actually seen one operating a caterpillar, digging trenches. It's tough, no doubt, but it's what puts food on the table for them. Better than stealing, I've heard of Nigerian women leading gangs of robbers! I've actually seen Nigerian women driving 15 seater busses (remember City bus) in Lagos.

solomon111: It has been proven scientifically and by experience, that women are the weaker vessels,especially where manual labour is concerned.
The areas where women CAN be better than men,is where technical or highly skilled work is concerned.
So like or not,the phrase "women are the weaker vessels" is not completely false.

Okiki_Oluwa: Women are not as strong as men, but they can engage their brain & their little strength to do a job.
The women in these pics were doing that job cos they were probably poor.
Last Bullet; Hardwork is not meant for either man nor woman.

Kobojunkie:

Sitting driving a trailer is hard work? Driving a tractor is hardwork? Dude!!! That ain't hard work.