Woman=Wo Man???
From the dawn of time, woman has been clothed with this derogatory title, characterizing her as a thorn in man’s side and a being only capable of one thing of use, procreation; at which she is not even self sufficient and relies on man to do. I am curious as to why women were the ones chosen to have to endure the rage of all of mankind. Why are all the pronouns masculine if the writer is uncertain of the sex? It is because we live in a patriarchally dominated society, and we always have. Men took over when women resigned themselves to picking berries and bearing children during the days of the cavemen. A time when a woman was mere property to be bought and sold and fought over.
Because women go through childbirth, which is the purifying act which makes them women, they are envied. The act of procreation causes women to hold an unknown amount of power over the rest of the world. No doubt, that worries men, not only worries but also makes them quite envious. Perhaps, in their view, woman was a threat. What I’m getting at is; what if woman became subservient to men, not by biological chance, but by complete cogent choice?
On the outset, I must tell you that I am a conspiracy theorist, it is in my blood, I was raised that way. Maybe I’m crazy too, but sometimes, even crazy people have a point to make. The deep rooted problems with women are from an envious perspective. Women have been endowed with the task of the utmost importance, and that is childbearing. Again, that is not all they are good at, but it is their primary task, and that should not be something that is overlooked, or looked down upon by feminists. Women are not simply the carriers of the future generations, but that should be the most important task of their lives.
Men need to be in control, and they realised, at one point in early history, that woman would take over if they did not do something to stop it. Because, biologically, woman is the superior sex, they are the ones with the most power to control the generations of the world. So, where was man to take his power from? In short, he decided to find his power in the subjugation of women, which has become an accepted practise the world over. The place for the woman, we have been instructed, is in the home, raising the children. But I say NO.
Women have minds they are not simply the playthings of men. Look at Rosalind Franklin, a prime example of the exploitation of women. She did all the grunt work to find the information which Watson and Crick stole to make the real discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. I suppose I am putting forth that the subjugation of women is a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation, father to son, from the beginning of time. Why else would it have endured?
~kiki
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