Women in my mother's time were generally considered inferior to their male siblings ; the reason I say this is because if a family only have enough funds to educate some but not all children, the sons will get the education but not the daughters like in my mother's family . Her elder sister got some education because she wanted it and grandma barter for her education by doing the teacher's laundry as we were told by our aunties. It may also be women were considered to be 'married off' & belonging to another family while the sons will still remain in the family to help earn money This lack of educational opportunity affected our mother's opportunities in life and our subsequent upbringing. However she gave us freedom of choice in many ways while we were growing up. Just as well education became more available to everybody when we were growing up and in turn give us more options in life with the education we receive. I exercise compassion when growing...
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