Someone I know just randomly threw that out there when I was talking about Cuba's revolutionary gay marriage bill.
Women in Cuba have the same constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. Cuba is regarded as a regional front-runner in women's rights. According to Article 44 of the Cuban Constitution, "The state guarantees women the same opportunities and possibilities as men in order to achieve woman’s full participation in the development of the country."[3] As of 2015, women hold 48.9% of the parliamentary seats in the Cuban National Assembly ranking sixth of 162 countries on issues of female participation in political life.[4] Many women in Cuba come from different racial backgrounds including Afro-Cuban women. Along with Afro-Cuban women, women in Cuba, formerly a marginalized group, were able to gain higher educational levels and equal advancements in their respective careers.[5] The 1975 Family Code was designed to allow Cuban women to share the household duties fairly with their spouses.[6] Job opportunities were available in the cities and as a result, many Cuban women left the countryside to work and live in the cities.[7] However, because of the increased number of Cuban women studying and working, the national birth rate has declined.[8] Despite the fact that desegregation was enforced in Cuba, there are still some issues in regards to fair housing in Cuba.
Should've read the Wikipedia before taking her seriously.
Every real and alleged deficiency of Cuban society could be answered with "not as much as the country enforcing a genocidal naval blockage against Cuba."
I think it was about the Machismo culture (and something about sa) but we were both pretty hammered, and I was feeling uncomfortable because I had no idea how to counter these points, so I just said "men are trash" and changed the topic. But it stuck with me so I thought to ask here.
I think it was about the Machismo culture
Does he think that the government should crack down on that?
I mean on paper it's great but there are some cultural issues that you'll find across the Caribbean and Latin America as a whole. Compared to its neighbors, Cuba is pretty damn good.
Real countries are arguably bad on a number od things. The perspective that something is bad is sometimes implicitly relative to your own personal standards and morality rather than relative to other countries, for example. By my own standard, every country is bad on womrn's issues. None have abolished gender roles, for example.
That isn't a reason to crap on one particular country, of course. And when it comes to imperialized nations punching far above their weight (like Cuba), we should at minimum provide critical support, and mostly just the support when conversing with Western chauvinists.
When looking at Cuba, compare to Haiti or the Dominican Republic. Look at how they fare when it comes to pregnancy stats and the health of the parent, which disproportionately impacts women. Look at how they fare when it comes to gender equity in employment and political representation. In educational attainment. And hell, compare the same to the far wealthier US, which has worse stats on all or nearly all of these things.
Anyways, Cuba is a real country with real people and real misogyny. It hasn't abolished it (neither has any country). So whether it's bad is really a question of what point is getting made.
Anyways I'm being too generous because the most likely answer is that they are saying that Cuba is worse than average or worse than reasonably comparable countries, which is just not true.
