Post by sargassosea on Feb 22, 2010 19:38:00 GMT -5
Okay, so it hasn’t been so brief, but:
Moving the series to this *exclusive* venue has had me thinking quite a lot about what my original ideas were, the connections I was planning to make and now, what level of discourse I can feel comfortable instigating here at NLQ...
So, here are my conclusions -
Obviously there are women here who were attracted to Vyckie’s blog because she articulates religious patriarchal abuse so plainly. What she does is so very hard to do in that naming and illustrating the obvious – that 'destructive something' that is everywhere around you and deemed normal – is an outrageous act of bravery, especially for a woman.
And, I think that exploring the effects of the ‘parent’ patriarchy is treading on similar (but v a s t l y more populated) ground and I concede that that is “uncomfortable” at the very best. And it’s really, really heart-breaking and sickening and sobering and run-screaming-into-the-woods-shatteredintoamillionpieces in every other way. Without each other to turn to, at least for me, it would be not only uncomfortable but unbearable.
That’s my point then: I’m adding my insights – such as they are - to try to help stop the ‘othering’ of women; more pointedly: to stop the ‘othering’ women do to each other based on their ?differences? because until we ditch the Divide and Conquer techniques of IT we have no solidarity. And without solidarity all we boil down to is more than one half of this world’s population, and we - and our children, if we have them - continue to be at risk.
So, that said, onward to Point #4 – “…not chafing…”
Moving the series to this *exclusive* venue has had me thinking quite a lot about what my original ideas were, the connections I was planning to make and now, what level of discourse I can feel comfortable instigating here at NLQ...
So, here are my conclusions -
Obviously there are women here who were attracted to Vyckie’s blog because she articulates religious patriarchal abuse so plainly. What she does is so very hard to do in that naming and illustrating the obvious – that 'destructive something' that is everywhere around you and deemed normal – is an outrageous act of bravery, especially for a woman.
And, I think that exploring the effects of the ‘parent’ patriarchy is treading on similar (but v a s t l y more populated) ground and I concede that that is “uncomfortable” at the very best. And it’s really, really heart-breaking and sickening and sobering and run-screaming-into-the-woods-shatteredintoamillionpieces in every other way. Without each other to turn to, at least for me, it would be not only uncomfortable but unbearable.
That’s my point then: I’m adding my insights – such as they are - to try to help stop the ‘othering’ of women; more pointedly: to stop the ‘othering’ women do to each other based on their ?differences? because until we ditch the Divide and Conquer techniques of IT we have no solidarity. And without solidarity all we boil down to is more than one half of this world’s population, and we - and our children, if we have them - continue to be at risk.
So, that said, onward to Point #4 – “…not chafing…”