A male friend of mine asked this on Facebook today, I wrote a bit in reply and thought I would share for you here. David is also my current astrology teacher and I would highly recommend checking out his online courses and his readings. You can find him here http://www.davidrowan.co.uk/index.html and on his Facebook page.
Ladies, I am confused ...
I keep seeing posts that read is if some women believe that the world would be nicer, safer, more harmonious and less hostile if women had more power ...
and then, I read in neuroscience and biology and psychology books that a mother is The primary influence in child's brain development/character
which means that women are The most powerful people in the shaping of the trajectory of a boy's, or a man's character
so I have 2 questions:
1 - how come you do not recognize the vast power you already have ?
2 - since you already have the power to initially shape the path of mankind, how come there is so much hostility ?
is it that, regardless of our gender, that all healthy humans are capable of experiencing every type of human emotion; that men can be sensitive and women can be angry ... etc ?
Would it not be better if we stopped blaming others for circumstances and began looking at what we can change within ourselves to make life easier and better for everyone ?
just a thought ...
My reply, was as follows...
I think that there is a definite up-surgence in the 'feminine principles' or the following of the Divine Feminine and I too have seen and know personally the anger that women hold. Any woman who thinks that the world would be 'better if women were in power is missing the point. It's not about women ruling over men or vice versa (we have plenty of experience of the latter) it's about allowing women to be women and men to be men, and accepting and embracing the differences held within each. It's only through the coming together of the male and female that we experience wholeness, and I mean that in all senses. Within our own selves and in outer relationships. It's about reaching a balance.
Women have for centuries been held back, repressed and written out of all aspects of history. As women we have experienced mass genocide and propaganda. The problem lies in the lack of knowledge. Women in 2012 do not necessarily have the support that our ancestors would have. Who teaches the mothers? Who is there to help raise our children? Once upon a time, grandmothers, great grandmothers, sisters and aunts would have helped collectively to raise a child, along with the men showing the boy child how to be a man.. rites of passage, the passing on of knowledge. A man has a massive part in raising a boy, more so, in the ways of setting a good example and teaching the child. A mothers love and knowledge can only go so far.
Girls these days getting pregnant only a few years after starting to menstruate mean they have no experience or knowledge in theer own bodies, let alone the raising of a child. Even older ladies may have no connection to their cycles due to years of birth control. The connection to pregnancy and birth is not as strong when you rely on medical intervention and don't trust or know you're own body.
In answer to your questions...
1. How come you do not recognize the vast power you already have ?
How can we? We have not been taught how awesome the power we have is. Not unless we were lucky enough to have a mother or mother figures to learn from. I have barely known my own mother through my life, so where do I turn for information... EVEN IF she had been there, she was not aware of her power, and nor was my Grandmother before her. No one taught them. In my own history, my Grandmother, Anglo Indian, born in India, her mother before her, born in India... no records kept, my G Grandmother was married at 16 and had 7 kids. But she was a woman in India, and even now in that culture, some women hold little or no power and have very little say in their own lives. So, I digress.. Many women will go through thier whole lives unaware of what they have the power to achieve and the responsibility they hold, but it is not their fault. Women have been told for centuries that their basic bodily fuctions are something to be ashamed of, something to be 'cured'. Men were at the forefront of all the developments, treatments, understandings... why? because the passing on of knowledge through mother to daughter, generation to generation has been lost or ignored. Men have tried to understand the mysteries, but then we deny our own knowledge and believe that they know us better than we do.
If we are cursed, if we are inferior, if we are not worth the same in societies eyes then how do we believe we are not cursed, inferior or worth the same as men. Feminism went some way to try and bring balance, but I feel it simply tipped it in the opposite direction, the pendulum swinging. What we need to find now is that balance.
2. Since you already have the power to initially shape the path of mankind, how come there is so much hostility ?
There is hostility because women are angry their ancestors were badly treated for things we know now to be normal. That the misunderstanding and intolerance has meant that we have not had the mysteries and knowledge passed to us. I can weep for the women who died in the witch trials, for my ancestors who may have died for simply being women in the wrong place at the wrong time, for the babies that have not had a chance in life because of the cultures we have now. I am angry that women do not play as bigger part in our history books as men do, that I have been made to feel an outcast from society for embracing my cycle and femininity.
I do not feel we can make much headway with anger, but I do feel it is justified.
It is not just a womans job to raise a child, but is is one of the most important jobs a woman can do. Unfortunately again, I see a cultural problem. Women since the 60's have been told they have to go out to work, be equal to men. They need to do this along with bringing children in to the world and raising them.. If they choose work, they are called powerful, successful.. if they choose motherhood they are asked why they didn't want more out of life.. if they choose both, they have barely enough time to enjoy both aspects, and the pressure is on to be the best at it all. All this with usually very little family support as the rest of the family are too, doing the same thing... trying to be the best at it all cos that's what we 'should' have in our lives.
It's a complicated topic, and one I feel strongly about, so apologies for the long reply!
I don't believe we as women are the most important people in shaping men, I think men need to take some responsibility for that. It is men that set the examples to younger men of what a man is, and how you treat the women in your lives. Women may have power, men may have power, but it's both that is needed to shape a new human being.
With love
Cat x
Ladies, I am confused ...
I keep seeing posts that read is if some women believe that the world would be nicer, safer, more harmonious and less hostile if women had more power ...
and then, I read in neuroscience and biology and psychology books that a mother is The primary influence in child's brain development/character
which means that women are The most powerful people in the shaping of the trajectory of a boy's, or a man's character
so I have 2 questions:
1 - how come you do not recognize the vast power you already have ?
2 - since you already have the power to initially shape the path of mankind, how come there is so much hostility ?
is it that, regardless of our gender, that all healthy humans are capable of experiencing every type of human emotion; that men can be sensitive and women can be angry ... etc ?
Would it not be better if we stopped blaming others for circumstances and began looking at what we can change within ourselves to make life easier and better for everyone ?
just a thought ...
My reply, was as follows...
I think that there is a definite up-surgence in the 'feminine principles' or the following of the Divine Feminine and I too have seen and know personally the anger that women hold. Any woman who thinks that the world would be 'better if women were in power is missing the point. It's not about women ruling over men or vice versa (we have plenty of experience of the latter) it's about allowing women to be women and men to be men, and accepting and embracing the differences held within each. It's only through the coming together of the male and female that we experience wholeness, and I mean that in all senses. Within our own selves and in outer relationships. It's about reaching a balance.
Women have for centuries been held back, repressed and written out of all aspects of history. As women we have experienced mass genocide and propaganda. The problem lies in the lack of knowledge. Women in 2012 do not necessarily have the support that our ancestors would have. Who teaches the mothers? Who is there to help raise our children? Once upon a time, grandmothers, great grandmothers, sisters and aunts would have helped collectively to raise a child, along with the men showing the boy child how to be a man.. rites of passage, the passing on of knowledge. A man has a massive part in raising a boy, more so, in the ways of setting a good example and teaching the child. A mothers love and knowledge can only go so far.
Girls these days getting pregnant only a few years after starting to menstruate mean they have no experience or knowledge in theer own bodies, let alone the raising of a child. Even older ladies may have no connection to their cycles due to years of birth control. The connection to pregnancy and birth is not as strong when you rely on medical intervention and don't trust or know you're own body.
In answer to your questions...
1. How come you do not recognize the vast power you already have ?
How can we? We have not been taught how awesome the power we have is. Not unless we were lucky enough to have a mother or mother figures to learn from. I have barely known my own mother through my life, so where do I turn for information... EVEN IF she had been there, she was not aware of her power, and nor was my Grandmother before her. No one taught them. In my own history, my Grandmother, Anglo Indian, born in India, her mother before her, born in India... no records kept, my G Grandmother was married at 16 and had 7 kids. But she was a woman in India, and even now in that culture, some women hold little or no power and have very little say in their own lives. So, I digress.. Many women will go through thier whole lives unaware of what they have the power to achieve and the responsibility they hold, but it is not their fault. Women have been told for centuries that their basic bodily fuctions are something to be ashamed of, something to be 'cured'. Men were at the forefront of all the developments, treatments, understandings... why? because the passing on of knowledge through mother to daughter, generation to generation has been lost or ignored. Men have tried to understand the mysteries, but then we deny our own knowledge and believe that they know us better than we do.
If we are cursed, if we are inferior, if we are not worth the same in societies eyes then how do we believe we are not cursed, inferior or worth the same as men. Feminism went some way to try and bring balance, but I feel it simply tipped it in the opposite direction, the pendulum swinging. What we need to find now is that balance.
2. Since you already have the power to initially shape the path of mankind, how come there is so much hostility ?
There is hostility because women are angry their ancestors were badly treated for things we know now to be normal. That the misunderstanding and intolerance has meant that we have not had the mysteries and knowledge passed to us. I can weep for the women who died in the witch trials, for my ancestors who may have died for simply being women in the wrong place at the wrong time, for the babies that have not had a chance in life because of the cultures we have now. I am angry that women do not play as bigger part in our history books as men do, that I have been made to feel an outcast from society for embracing my cycle and femininity.
I do not feel we can make much headway with anger, but I do feel it is justified.
It is not just a womans job to raise a child, but is is one of the most important jobs a woman can do. Unfortunately again, I see a cultural problem. Women since the 60's have been told they have to go out to work, be equal to men. They need to do this along with bringing children in to the world and raising them.. If they choose work, they are called powerful, successful.. if they choose motherhood they are asked why they didn't want more out of life.. if they choose both, they have barely enough time to enjoy both aspects, and the pressure is on to be the best at it all. All this with usually very little family support as the rest of the family are too, doing the same thing... trying to be the best at it all cos that's what we 'should' have in our lives.
It's a complicated topic, and one I feel strongly about, so apologies for the long reply!
I don't believe we as women are the most important people in shaping men, I think men need to take some responsibility for that. It is men that set the examples to younger men of what a man is, and how you treat the women in your lives. Women may have power, men may have power, but it's both that is needed to shape a new human being.
With love
Cat x
