For a country that so identifies with the motherland (Mother Ireland, Cathleen Ní Houlihan, Erin), today's Ireland is still very much favors the male gender. Maybe it harkens back to the days of the agrarian past where large numbers of the male stock were preferred to tend the livestock and till the fields, but it is still quite clear that boys are still the favored gender.
Dr. Chown has mentioned on numerous occasions that boys in the Media and Culture in Ireland program are often well treated as compared to the girls in the program at the same time. The girls often face harsher curfews and other restrictions that just aren't placed upon the boys. To wit, I present the above video as evidence.
Not only are the carnivores getting this divine dinner treatment, but our host mum Mrs. Martin also bought a vegan cookbook so she could specially prepare me meals as well. In another post, I will talk about the food specifically, and my struggles as a vegan, but for now, I just wanted to highlight how good we had it with Mrs. Martin.
Not only do we get great food for dinner every night, but she packs us lunch on the days we're taking day trips, AND does our laundry whenever we need some done. All we do is place it in the hamper, and boom, it's back in a nice sorted pile ready for us to wear or put away. We get to watch TV with her, and she'll even let us work the remote control if we like. We have it good.
The girls on the other hand aren't quite so fortunate. In fact, two of the girls had to share a bed for almost a week. The host father asked Meghan when she showed up whether she knew any of the girls on the trip. When Meghan answered no, he joked, "Well, you'll be quite close after this." Cue vision of just two beds for three girls, (but not in the sick perverted way I was thinking). They've been asked at times what they'd like to eat only to be served the opposite at dinner. Put it this way, I'm glad I'm a man.
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