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.

What do we mean by "Co-Creating"?

Co-creation: what does that mean?

We are talking a lot about co-creating a new world, collaborating and similar expressions. What does it mean? How is it done?

We are in the phase of experimenting what these concepts might mean. There are several attempts to explore that, like the "Conversational Experiments" where Tammy Lea Meyer co-creates sessions with Fleming Funch, and also our conversations in The Wisdom Factory, and especially in the section "Women Matters"

How conversations can be different

Here an example of how different conversations can be. Gertraud Wegst, at one point, mentions that our conversations here are "not normal". No, they aren't. They are not focused on bringing out what we think to push onto others because we already know so much. No, they are a collective exploration of what is present now, in the group, and what is coming up.

The session began with the title: "How to transform challenges into stepping stones". Finally, Luna Ceovelli explained what she is understanding under that term. From there the conversation was circling around in a spiral for finally condensing on the emotion of fear and how it can "overcome" or better used as a stepping stone, or even better as a walking stick to bring us forward and be our good companion.

What you will find

When you watch this conversation you will get a taste of what CO-CREATION may be. Here we are only women and our conversations are slightly different from those where men are present. You might ask why. MAybe you find out by watching the Women Matters conversation and compare them to the others.

For me, the below conversation was a surprise. I normally participate live and on camera, but this time I couldn#t be there being without the Internet connection at our meeting time. So I needed to watch the conversation on the recording. How it feels different to be there, live and co-creating and to just watch, having thoughts but unable to utter them being taken along the flow of the conversation in some other direction.

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An invitation

When you watch the video and you feel the desire to join us in the exploration process of Co-Creation, please contact me via The Wisdom Factory