they get up each morning at 4

and do NOT stop working until they go to bed. who? the women of SANTA MARIA QUIEGOLANI. they cook and clean and take care of their children. the town government is made up of all men. women cannot vote much less attend town assemblies. now one (woman) is running for mayor.

first off, ALL of those women should just STOP serving those men. it is not that i'm saying women shouldn't be homemakers. they should if they wish it. but NONE of their rights should be taken away from them AND they should be fully appreciated for the work they do

(note: men over 60 also cannot vote.)

Some Mexican women lose right to vote
Move to respect indigenous rights opens door to discrimination by males

SANTA MARIA QUIEGOLANI, Mexico - Women in this Indian village high in the pine-clad mountains of Oaxaca rise each morning at 4 a.m. to gather firewood, grind corn, prepare the day’s food, care for the children and clean the house.
But they aren’t allowed to vote in local elections, because — the men say — they don’t do enough work.
It was here, in a village that has struggled for centuries to preserve its Zapotec traditions, that Eufrosina Cruz, 27, decided to become the first woman to run for mayor — despite the fact that women aren’t allowed to attend town assemblies, much less run for office...........

.............Men over 60 also can't vote. But the male leaders are refusing to budge. “We live differently here, senor, than people in the city. Here, women are dedicated to their homes, and men work the fields,” Apolonio Mendoza, the secretary of the all-male town council, told a visiting reporter.
Cruz has received some support from older men, who by village law lose their political rights when they turn 60. Some younger men also say the system must change and give women more rights..........

picture: Eufrosina Cruz, left, speaks as she stands in the doorway with Celia Miguel Lopez in Santa Maria Quiegolani, Mexico, on Jan. 6. Cruz is waging a national battle to defend her right to run for mayor of her Zapotec village.
Gregory Bull / AP