Is "Matriarchy" a solution for "Patriarchy"?

Many women today seem to believe that they are oppressed by something called "Patriarchy", a society created to give all the power to men, and they envision "Matriarchy" where women hold all the power as a viable solution.

Things are certainly not that simple. Women are simply not better than men, but often act differently according to their biology and also to their conditionings and roles in the society they are part of. A woman who holds power over other humans, men or women, is not necessary a fairy queen of justness and equal consideration for all. Actually, non evolved women can be more ruthless than men in certain situations - for instance sending their sons into "holy" wars or punish their daughters severely when they express themselves in unexpected ways, sometimes inducing their husbands or sons to kill the daughter for to "keep the family honour".

5 women living in 4 different countries discuss the topic of patriarchy vs. matriarchy, of feminine and masculine qualities and expression, of the situation of men and women in society and what is needed to go ahead in a better way. The example of the self-understanding of women in the ex-east of Germany was discussed and how it got weakened when Germany grew together again. Many more examples came forth. Questions like: what could "partnership" mean? How can we come to a better understanding of ourselves, the roles we play and our own responsibility in our lives, for our choices? What means do we have to heal the past? 

You can find a detailed description of the topics HERE under "Timestamps" which allows you to call the exact place in the video where we talked about that topic.

Here is the whole conversation, our tiny contribution to create a better work by talking about the things involved in our lives, by sorting them out and coming to a better understanding and by allowing others, you,  to participate in that research, maybe inspiring you to join us or create your own discussion group.

Women, Patriachy and Emerging Leadership

The #METOO movement in the past few months brings the topic "Women and Men" blatently into the foreground of the discussion.

We talked about the topic "Men, Women and Power" last October in The Wisdom Factory.net

(Watch and find the Timestamps/Summary HERE)

In this context it is almost inevitable that the topic arose also in our monthly meeting of WOMEN MATTERS and, naturally, the topic of PATRIARCHY as "the source of all evil". I know, many women think this way and proclaim their hate for patriarchy openly and with emotional power. But do they really know what they are talking about when they talk about Patriarchy in the way how the radical feminist taught us to think and speak? 

In my opinion, most of the time when we blame Patriarchy as the oppressor of us, women, we throw the baby out with the bathwater, unfortunately. Patriarchy equals power, blame and disadvantage of women, and the necessary status of being the victim of this power which is operated by MEN.

When you force yourself to be limited by an ideological view on the world, well, that's what you see and believe. But when you are open and take into account history and the evolution of consciousness and also of human society, than you would be able to see things much more differentiated. You will be able to detach a male person alive today from the oppressive forces of patriarchy. It is not the fault of men alone that we have chosen this form of society in the past. Women have done their choice, too, and for some time living in what is called "Patriarchy" was what they chose. 

SPIRAL DYNAMICS and INTEGRAL THEORY explain very well how societies were formed and grew during the past thousands of years in a certain way, in stages which start, come to bloom, then develop pathologies and finally die and give way to the next stage. And women and men alike were contributing to the development all the time - as they are presently doing by awakening the public consciousness about appropriate versus inappropriate sexual behavior.

The WOMEN MATTERS Conversation wasn't only about this topic, but it expanded afterwards by an email exchange (read it HERE) and also prompted me to write an article where I explain more in depth what I have been saying here. (Find it in our blog at The-Wisdom-Factory.com)

We also had a conversation about how we can allow leadership emerge in a group? If we don't want groups anymore which are led by someone assuming the role as leader, how do we organize that? How can one person be the leader for a certain time or topic and then another person take over leadership? Much to explore and learn here!

We also spoke about decision making and the fact that only a small amount of factors are actually visible to us when we make decisions and that most of the facts, considerations, feelings, conditionings etc. which are leading us are completely out of our awareness. 

So no wonder why we humans have a hard time to make really good decisions.

Finally, it is Christmas Time

My nephew's children enjoy Christmas as I did as a child.

 The topic Angels came up. Can we imagine angels as an energy field? Or are we stuck with accepting or denigrating angels with wings etc.?

Interesting that scientist talk about angels too, like Rupert Sheldrake in his co-authored book "The Physics of Angels". I have ordered the book and am looking forward to get to know more. If you are interested, too, just click on the book title!

Well, If you are Christian or not, in our culture Christmas is a big deal even if it is called differently sometimes for PC correctness. This doesn't erase history and I wish you all a wonderful celebration of the new light, coming into the world after a time of darkness. Lets pray together that the present darkness which has covered our whole planet with threats of violence, war, destruction will soon cease and give way to a new light. And may this new light become ever brighter and brighter!

HAPPY AWAKENING INTO THE LIGHT!