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Gender and War Generations
In Parenting, Palestine, and Partnering
Roaring Rivers
Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD
Men and women’s lib
So far, the way the world has been run for awhile, men get a bit too emotional, release their fury and vengeance, wars explode open, women and children are raped, displaced, mutilated, traumatized, and murdered.
Women, of course, having been socially sanctioned to weep, don’t get as emotional. To allow emotion, is after all, to control and release. It’s bottled up emotion, usually anger, that strikes down women and children when a psycho-vet unhinges and kills his family and the neighbors mutter:
“But, he was such a nice, quiet guy!”
Let’s not forget that men also hurt men in all our traditional scenarios. But not all men. Some men, an elite few who pull the strings, amass huge fortunes, coalesce vast power, manage media control, spread propaganda, encourage worship, mine the world, pollute the planet AND get away with all the #MeToo stuff as well.
We call these men: “Sir.”
My point, contrary to some of the comments I foretell ahead (I have witchy and wily precognitive ways) is that although some ancient societies…