tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post8900383209414121735..comments2023-04-06T02:30:06.988-07:00Comments on Torrent of Consciousness: MisogynyMelanie Boxallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-61895648752414027022013-12-03T04:48:49.471-08:002013-12-03T04:48:49.471-08:00I think a lot of truth can be found in humour:)
W...I think a lot of truth can be found in humour:)<br /><br />What is perceived as a threat is the root of many issues. Change is scary, and most change is met with opposition because it is seen as a threat - to the status quo. But nobody EVER admits that. Nobody is ever brave enough to stand up and say "I'm just scared of change." They make excuses instead. "Civilization will collapse if women get the vote/wear trousers/go out to work." But they're not talkiing about civilization, just their own local, current culture, and change isn't collapse.<br />Melanie Boxallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123851168700589156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196829553153577775.post-44986494093639224022013-12-03T04:43:49.156-08:002013-12-03T04:43:49.156-08:00Oh, thank you for the QI references...trying to ke...Oh, thank you for the QI references...trying to keep a serious subject lighthearted, are you?<br /><br />As with any situation, it is what we will allow. Not just the fact that we are accustomed to it, really; more that we choose not to change [yet], for a variety of reasons. When we see something really bothersome, our sense of change awakens. From personal experience, when we get 'sick and tired of being sick and tired,' the problem usually gives way to something more.<br /><br />There was a time, historically, when the Divine Feminine was upheld as a standard to be cherished, and that changed. I think our sense of appreciation kicks in at some point. Maybe it comes down to our sense of frustration? Women are very tolerant, but when we are threatened...? What we perceive as a threat may be different in each culture, too. I think of the many women who are not permitted to be seen. :(<br /><br />When is it enough? Fights for rights...voting/voice/representative, reproductive, education, milk production (the latest to be attacked) have brought us along a particular road of evolution. Women usually bring pioneering change--even though men often take the credit. Maybe it is ego, maybe it is the fact that change happens anyway--but finding equality in inequality is part of The Conundrum. ~ Blessings! :)Kathy Custrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687890338800680972noreply@blogger.com