On Fri, 23 Sep 1994, Nina Aguilar wrote:
> I think the world WOULD be better --- for men and women. After all, we raise
> our sons to be better/more nurturing than our fathers and brothers were.
> Like the women in Ireland who united to stop the violencs, like the Palestinian
> mothers who marched to stop the violence, the world would become better because
> no mother I know would ever let situations progress to the point of war.
> Somehow, men seem more willing to let their sons die for a political cause;
> mothers don't.
True, most mothers wouldn't like to see their sons (or daughters) die in
war. I don't think most fathers would, either. But the question raised
was, what if *women* had emerged the controllers and law-makers, not
*mothers*. We cannot assume that every women is, will be, or desires to
be a mother. And not every women who is a mother had children out of an
intrinsic deisre or instinct to do so. We must remember that some women
are forced (or, at least, relentlessly "encouraged") to have chidlren out
of a sense of duty to husband, significant other, family, or society.
Being a mother does not necessarily mean having a nurturing instinct.
just my $.03 (inflation).
Lori T.
