". The history of violence in men cannot be circumstantial because it has happened time and time again. I have to point out that history has been written by men from a male point of view. Multiculturalism can provide us with a variety of different foods. As a philosopher, I must question everything or at least whatever I find to be of interest or of importance, including myself and my own beliefs. What exactly is a patriarchal political party? Matriarchs have been traditionally thought of as rather autocratic, making most decisions and leading a rather docile group of "followers." While this may be the case in some populations and in some families, it has not been our observation. Important research that has already been done on this topic has been, and will continue to be, included in . Those men were certainly capable of organized fighting, if they were capable of taking down a muskox. Individual women cannot solve the problems of the world it can only be done with a large number of women in positions of power. In the past, the demand for computation was far greater than the technology capabilities at that time. Religions like Christianity, Islam and Buddhism all have not succeed in stopping conflict and wars. Dont bother because that is also fallacious. Why are you so against the idea of women ruling the world? It makes me realise just how brainwashed the population has been by patrairchal properganda. It make sense for our world to be rule by nuturing and maternal people and not the most competitive people like we have throughout our history. As a matter of fact, I do feel along with many other women who seek to pursue careers in science, philosophy, engineering, or even in the gaming industry, pressured to prove myself; I feel the dire need to innovate and invent not to distinguish myself from anyone else but to actually make a difference in this world, as both a role model to humanity and a spiritual being. And for the record, I believe that when a woman kills her children, I as a daughter, feel that to be by far the ultimate betrayal of a mother towards her child, and feel strongly that she should suffer the ultimate punishment which is suffering in death! If women are denied or discouraged to use birth-control, or if they know that if they have a child they are given very little support in bringing it up. I am currently 22 years old and never in my life have I ever been in a romantic relationship with a woman, I can only imagine how long it will take for me before I truly find a mate! "so if it has nothing to do with men, then whose fault is it? and end up having to act and behave like men to get anywhere.. Women can invent things if given the tools, money, education and encouragement to do this. Besides, researchers can also update data regularly, as needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA. It has to live in its pristine form. The only political system that has noticeably improved the lives of the people has been democracy, even though wars and inequality are still commonplace in democratic countries. The human male is very similar but fight each other with spears, swords, rifles, machine guns, bombs and rockets. Truth is, most men in the West have no more freedom of expression than their grandfathers did, and it certainly isn't helping when these male feminists dismiss their issues (e.g. (It is because women give birth to children). And if we decide to become pacifists (as you seem to suggest), then our culture will be overwhelmed by those who aren't pacifist. Boys are trained to be strong, superior, good planners, decision makers and not to express their feelings openly whereas. You stated that "most men who seek to invent or innovate are not "given" the tools, money, education and encouragement to do this. Bureaucracies slow things - decision-making, communication, action - and the company becomes a . If I exempt your husband from alimony and child support, it will harm the children. Firstly, yes, things could be a lot worse and secondly you only count the bad things and ignore the good things which means youre biased. Then once we get into a violent situation we end up with psychopaths becoming leaders, because a psychopath is far more able to deal with violence than ordinary men. The point I am making is that if we have men rule our world, motivated by a powerful competitive instinct we off course are going to have wars and men fight each other to see who is the strongest. Women on the other hand have a powerful maternal and nurturing instinct. Now you may not see the advantages of matriarchy because you claim men and women are the same. Therefore, a group of Christians, led by a man named Peter, kidnapped Hypatia on her way home, took her to the Church called Caesareum. More blatant sexism. You are incapable of seeing women as human beings, who are fallible, who make mistakes, who make shitty decisions of their own free will, and who own their own lives and the decisions they make. Women have had equal access to education for the last half century. Perhaps your grim view of men is self fulfilling in your case. As a hierarchical structure grows, its hierarchy grows, too. Yes, as a man I would exclude myself from being a politician or Prime Minister, but I do not exclude myself in being able to think and say what is in my mind. So women are not driven to want to fight and compete with other people in the same way men are. I also wonder how it is that you don't see yourself as ultimately patriarchal. They do not feel the same compulsion to innovate and invent, to distinguish themselves through rigorous and difficult accomplishments, because they do not have the same motivation and competitiveness as men. This is because most of the wealth and important jobs are in the hands of men. And your entire last paragraph treats women like objects. Likewise despotic dictatorship is again possible, because a dictator has an army of young men whom will murder and torture the population when ordered to do so. Who is more diverse anyway? I cannot believe that the men ruling our world are actually going to change and see the errors of their ways and become nicer people. Why are you so against the idea of women ruling the world? Everyone is accountable for their deeds, no one is ever excused from them perhaps they are legally dismissed unfortunately, but in the end everyone will be forced to face the evil of their deeds, NDE's are proof of that fact. Men have shown themselves to be total irresponsible rulers of our world, and wont even take responsibility for what they do. The police come and remove the man from his home and family. You, a man, decides that men are naturally not suited to be in decision making positions. Now, it is over 70% female. The people can choose to vote for the status-quo in traditional patriarchal political parties and continue to allow competitive minded men rule our world. Stop pedestalizing us. As for the rest, I agree that this is starting to go around in circles but that is because you ignored my points and just responded by repeating your initial statements. The only exception would be some Scandiavian political parties where there is enough women in some of them, to have some influence. Now, I can understand the fear Feminist have, that if we undermine the dogma that men and women are same, and say that women are driven by a powerful maternal instinct and men driven by a powerful competitive instinct. You're just using this to justify an idealized image you have of women. 1 Mosuo, China. 4. William Bond (author) from England on August 17, 2011: I am shocked and amazed at what you say. So are you saying that materiality is perfection? But the same mentality still there, men do not fight for power with swords but with words. And they always say, 'it is the woman's fault'. Men who are violent beasts, constitute a tiny minority of the male population. Some advantages of a nuclear family are financial stability, strong support systems for children, and providing consistency in raising children. The whole written history of the human race has been a story of conflict, warfare, genocide, slavery, injustice and poverty, and we dont find much difference today in our TV news. Wars and violence are directly caused by men's aggressive and competitive instincts. The researcher collects data at the time were needed. And as for how "bad" everything is under our political leaders, we're still alive aren't we? This is not much different to the way stags, bulls and rams with big horns, charge each other every spring. He claims this means that men will always outnumber women in most positions of power in our world. Polyandry is a form of marriage in which one woman marries more than one man at a given time. I mean, I would ferociously attack those who steal the work of others due to their lack of dignity and respect for those who were truly responsible for such accomplishments! Lineage is traced through . You can't even know that they won't make things a lot worse. Who invented the atom bomb? I amwell, I'd be insulted if I wasn't so used to it. I'm not making this up this is historic fact. Violence in women against other women, against children, or against men should not come as a surprise, just like men's violence aginst women, children, and other men is of no surprise to me. William Bond (author) from England on June 27, 2012: So is your position that it is sexism to say, "men do a really terrible job in ruling our world". Also, there's absolutely no reason to believe women start any less wars than men if they have most of the political power. But then you cannot know with any degree of certainty that those changes would have any benefit whatsoever. "Patrairchal rulers treat people as if they are numbers, or pawns in a chess game. But if you try to make any such claims about other peoples worth and capability people you have never met that is when you're out of you're causing trouble. But the fact remains that far, far more women are beaten up and murdered by men, than women murdering men. William Bond (author) from England on July 05, 2012: Thanks Bard, yes it is strange that men will spend trillions of dollars on advanced technology to create better weapons in which to kill people! Sigh. Improves the effectiveness of data exchange. As long as you don't see what's wrong with that, then there's not point in discussing it. Don't put different words in my mouth now. Instead women need to embrace their maternal instincts and point out that because of their nurturing instinct they would make far better rulers of our world, than ruthless and violent men. "As for hating their own sex, men already do this. List of the Disadvantages of a Monarchy 1. Women have a larger instinct for consumption *because* they have a maternal instinct--they have a need to acquire material wealth and secure an income stream exactly because they will have children they must provide for. 121. The consequences are premarital sex, teenage pregnancies, abortion, extramarital sex, divorce, children with single parents, depression, suicide, etc. "differences between men and women are far, far greater than the differences between different men or different women.". Who invented the atom bomb? And in that time, men have ruled through violence, fear and intimation. William Bond (author) from England on May 19, 2012: Off course the differences between men and women are biological. William Bond (author) from England on July 15, 2012: Hi Girlwriteswhat, I agree with you that patriarchy was created when patriarchal tribes conquered the peaceful matriarchal Neolithic civilizations. You cannot dismiss childbirth as being totally unimportant. In other words, women who try to get ahead in any patriarchal institution, has to act and behave like competitive and ruthless men, because if she was to show her caring and maternal nature, she would be condemned as being weak and sentimental. What can you expect of a male supremacist world culture that has a history of oppressing women and having them remain subservient not only in society but in religion as well, obviously in such a culture women are not going to unleash their full potential, and when a woman has ever dared to the consequences have often been grewsome, a female intellectual was always at risk of life threatening violence. Matrifocality and Women's Power: The Peril of Fixed Opinions "Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. As I have discovered, the achievements of women have been mostly written out of history. Who's poor quality of life continues to go unnoticed by the white majority, or by the majority period? Anyone who thinks women are inherently dovish should read up on Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi and Elisabeth Bathory. I know you will advocate that men and women rule together equally. Now that the U.S. is pulling out of Afghanistan to pursue more covert options, I'd like to believe there's a shift in the way we approach war. Then compare that ratio with how often male rules started wars and there's a good start. Patrairchal rulers treat people as if they are numbers, or pawns in a chess game. I personally think that the way to counter patriarchal propaganda is not for women to deny their maternal instincts and try and pretend they are like men. Monopoly companies enjoy a supernormal profit. However, if woman believes that she does not need to conquor nature and needs only work alongside her in harmony with all life that surrounds her, then she will invent technology that reflects that. If things get worse then people might look for something different but the chances are they will look to Facism or bring back communism or perhaps go to extreme religion. Take my life for example, I am a woman who seeks to make a major difference in the world someday in a rather revolutionary way, I am a multi-racial, multi-ethnic woman of color, who is a lesbian, and a transvestite, I am the proud daughter of a strong Matriarchal women, and belong to none of the patrarchal Abrahamic religions, I freely believe in a higher power that I identify as "The Great Cosmic Mother," and for most of my life I've been treated as a social outcast; absolutely nothing has come easy for me; my very existence as something that every single society on face of this earth hates (and would if they had the power brutally kill) has been paved through hardship! Five thousand years of patriarchal history has shown men are totally incapable of solving the problems of our world. William Bond (author) from England on August 13, 2011: I am not painting a patriarchal picture of women i am painting a biological one. On the other hand, matriarchal societies, which are earth centered, regard the human mind and body as a unity and see God in every aspect of Creation. And I said before, women haven't had to fight because they had men to do the fighting for them. "As for the reason why there is no matriarchies in recorded history the reasons is warfare. I can tell you that women have children and men don't, is that a sexist comment? Some women will use men to do violence to another man for them. Like I said before, speak for yourself. You simply ignore all that because it doesn't fit your dogma. Many historians are of the view that matriarchy evolved from depravity and anarchy. The advantages are that there is a partner there to share in all of life's ups and downs and that a family. I don't think saying that patriarchy is not so bad because we are still alive, is not exactly a vote confidence in male rule. What is the problem with Matriarchy? We say, "She was confused and troubled", or "her circumstances were very hard", or "she was a good mother, but society failed her, she just slipped through the cracks". Copyright @2022 All Right Reserved Designed and Developed by Maven Logix, Patriarchy Vs Matriarchy: Understanding the Difference, Pros and Cons of Patriarchy vs Matriarchy, Superwomen breaking the myths and handed-down opinions, The desi dad syndrome that every middle-class kid can relate to, 20 Things That Pakistani Millennials Miss From Their Childhood. When there are no alternatives and when the very concept of masculinity and femininity as they are called, are not questioned what then can you expect? They do not feel the same compulsion to innovate and invent, to distinguish themselves through rigorous and difficult accomplishments, because they do not have the same motivation and competitiveness as men. This is also true of other sports where there is not a lot of difference in the way male kangaroos box each other and the way men fight in a boxing ring. A matriarchal government will not have the same interest in competition for wealth and power as their main focus of attention will be on the children of the countries they rule. Now, if women are responsible for this as well, then I call upon all those people who claim that men and women are the same and both are just as bad, to give us some examples of female inventors of deadly weaponry and weapons of mass destruction. In other words more education period - not re-education or reprogramming or indoctrination. They do this with rape, in places like Pakistan, if a woman was to complain she was raped, she is the one more likely to be sent to jail, and not the rapist. Men have been ruling our world for the last five thousand years, and have successfully kept women away from all form of political and financial power. Point is, not that your negative critcism is something we are ignoring nor aren't thinking about, its simply that this is a space for like minded people; we know perfectly well how the MRA movement views feminism and women in general, we poltiely do not agree with it and damn sure never will; however what will all this fighting and arguing bring us? Matriarchy exists as an antithesis to the notion of patriarchy. They engage other individuals to do the dying on their behalf. In human females this instinct has to be stronger than most other mammals because the human child is far more helpless than any other mammal, and takes far longer to mature. As well as this, black men in particular are the most over represented men in jails. In fact men and women are far more diverse among each other than between each other - meaning we are more similar than different. Because of the failure of both religions and politics to create a better world for us all, many people have given up on this, while those who still try, end up using the same methods that has been tried so many times in the past. Patriarchy presents the opposite picture. In other words, because you're a man, your writing here isn't as qualified because you have inferior communication skills. If you think that women don't compete then you're gravely mistaken. Daughters inherit the property of the mother. There are still a variety of risks involved in using an MRI scan despite its overall beneficial use. Anyone who aspires for such a position has to be extremely competitive in order to succeed and this is every bit as true for women as it is for men. 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