Throughout the years, women have been the caretakers of the family. They have birthed children, cared for them and molded them into young men and women. They have cared for the house, cleaning and cooking, laboring to meet the needs of others. They have submitted to the needs and desires of their husbands, both sexually and otherwise, as their own needs have gone overlooked.
But things are changing. No longer are women under the thumb of the man they are with. No longer are they restricted in the pursuit of their careers. No longer are they expected to drop everything at the whim of the man they are with. While society still has a ways to go in viewing and treating women with the respect and dignity they deserve, we are moving in the right direction.
Considering how far we, as a society, have come in the past hundred years, I wonder where we might be a hundred years from now. Will my female descendants oversee their husbands, much as I do mine? Will that be the norm? What about a hundred years from then? Will the present societies be gradually shifting towards matriarchal dominance?
While I would be content for women to achieve true equality, my desire would be that women realize their true power and do not settle for just being equal.
Ditto.
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As usual, interesting and though-provoking. I need to chew on this for a proper response.
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We can only hope that is the case.
ReplyDelete"While I would be content for women to achieve true equality, my desire would be that women realize their true power and do not settle for just being equal."
ReplyDeleteI am a dominant woman myself, but I do not agree with the last point. Men have dominated women for centuries, women had to live under the thumbs of men, now we are finally shaking off the chains of patriarchy... and I really don't want to start again with inequality and revert the whole situation.
Matriarchy is not better than patriarchy - it is just the same mess in a different form. Not all men are submissives (or can be submissive), not all women are dominant (or can be dominant) - so why force them into roles they do not *feel*? Exchanging patriarchy for matriarchy would be a step backwards. In relationships everyone can choose his or her way, but in society there should be equality, IMO.
Don't forget matriarchy was the dominant political system of the first socities, and doesn't works too.
ReplyDeleteBesides, theres no more male way to be than dominate others. You just prove that male way is the correct, even if a woman is in the dominant role. But look the world today and the big mess.
It will be necessary the equality to fix the whole thing. Think about it...
PS: you owns your husband just because he likes