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If I Were a Woman I’d Be Livid
My thoughts, and opinions, as a man, on the Patriarchy’s attack on women.
I am a feminist, it comes from having very powerful women in my life and was solidified in marrying my Queen. I have 4 amazing daughters who are strong, intelligent, independent, and willful. Oh, did I mention they are all beautiful as well? They have taught me so much I would like to share some of it.
Disagreement Is Not Phobia
It seems to me that there is a push to delegitimize the role of women as Mothers. As a man, I am completely jealous, envious, and in awe of a WOMAN’S ability to have a baby. To be able to feel another human being growing inside of you, and then to give birth to him or her, is the pinnacle of existence.
For the past 2,500 years or so there has been a campaign to demonize and villainize women. Greco-Roman mythology and Islamic-Judeo-Christian religions would have us believe that women are the cause of all evils. Painting women as unwitting, or sometimes willing, instigators of all the evils in the world.
Look at the stories of Pandora or Eve. We are told that these women, individually in their respective religions, are the single-handed perpetrators for bringing evil into the world.
Who Wrote These Stories?
Lets us look at a few factors before we posit a theory. These stories go back thousands of years to a time that looked way different than our world today. These myths and legends were created by human beings, told by word of mouth in caves, around fires.
As camps grew into villages and we began to use the written word, I believe, things began to change. It wasn’t the biggest and the strongest who were the scribes and learned men. It was, I imagine, a lot like today in that respect. The “geeks” and “nerds” write and draw all of the comics today, they are the modern version of the men of old.
The difference is, the modern mythmakers venerate women. they may be excessive in the stylizing department but the women are strong, capable heroes, not villains.
I believe that it was the ancient version of the “geeks” & “nerds” who created the myths and legends of days past. I…
