Jeune Street

I like the style of a new blog of the street: engendering equality. It's the project of May Lample, who is inviting folks to participate in an online inquiry into the equality of women and men. At the centre of her blog is a discussion paper produced by the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity, an agency associated with the Baha'i International Community that aims to build capacity and stimulate discussion on the spiritual dimensions of contemporary issues. Here's what the blog is about:

This blog is intended to serve as a place for people of different backgrounds to come together to discuss the topic of gender equality. At the center of this discussion is a document entitled “Advancing towards the Equality of Women and Men” from the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP). This document, which will be posted in parts, highlights just a few among the most significant challenges remaining in the effort to advance toward the equality of women and men. Articles, visual art, spoken word and other items will be used to enhance our discussion. You are encouraged to share your understandings of the document and actively engage with the comments of others. Hopefully, we will all learn together.

When a group of friends were recently discussing the document at chez nous, we talked at length about the concept of equality as condition of spiritual reality -- not just a desirable social goal. This stimulated some fascinating questions about how such an approach can accommodate or clarify attributes of 'masculinity' and 'femininity' in a way that validates difference without essentializing it.

[Addition]... It turns out that May has posted on a similar theme here and here. The discussion continues...