because I do a lot of THINKING! I have discovered the power of
THINKING.
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We have observed different species and discovered the many
reproductive mechanisms.
For example-
A female gorilla's bottom turns pink and becomes exposed when she is
ready to mate. In other words, she is telling the male gorrilla "I am
ready. I would like to be penetrated." There is no culture that
teaches a female gorilla how to 'pink' its bottom when in heat.
Given that example, lets observe ourselves as humans but first focus
on what men do or don't do and yet patriarchy (culture-religion)
does not teach them.
1. Statistics
America-One man wrote in his book that in his 20+ years, as a
counselor, not a single woman, if I remember correctly, he wrote "not
one woman..", ever came back to say that abuse from her husband
decreased after the birth of a child. It either stayed the same or
INCREASED.
Africa-In different cultures, including my own, it is common
knowledge to hear women saying that abusive husbands usually wait
until their wives give birth, then they start beating her because
they know she can't leave due to economic dependence.
I doubt if these 'two' men met somewhere in the continent or called
each on their cell phones and said "Look, you are in America, I am in
Africa, but remember to "pump up gas" after the birth of a child.
Ok!?" Are there video games in America that teaches boys from
childhood or as grown men, to increase abuse of the women they
penetrate after the birth of a child? Is there an African culture
that teaches boys to indulge themselves after the birth of a child?
Is it the same trend in Asia, Australia and Europe..etc?
2. During my research I asked men why abusers don't conciously hit a
woman's breast as they would the rest of the body. Their response
was "No man would do that because a woman's breast is very important
to him." Important to him? Now think about it! How could a few
African men that I talked to be so sure and so accurate about the
behaviour of other men in private? Look around you!
Patriarchy offers men the tool (culture and religion) to use to
employ all forms of violence against women, but is there a culture or
religion that teaches boys/men not to hit the breast?
3. Men who penetrate women, usually suck the breast
before penetration. During or after penetration, yes. But before
happens almost always. Is there a culture that teaches boys to suck
the breast before penetration?
QUESTION
Given the examples above, what do we know that women do and yet they
are not scripted by patriarchy (culture and religion)? I would be
delighted if this could generate debate among us on this list. So
please respond.
Anyo
EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
Albert Einstein
EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
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