Comments on: A Lesson in Power by World Leaders http://www.debtonation.org/2010/06/a-lesson-in-power-by-world-leaders/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.debtonation.org/2010/06/a-lesson-in-power-by-world-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Brian Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:54:40 +0000 http://www.debtonation.org/?p=4051#comment-1919 I grew up with a mother who was at the forefront of women's (including young women) rights in our small town. She modeled what women could achieve to many young women in the 70s, 80s and 90s, without alienating my father or any of the other men around her. She gained her strength from her own mother who was widowed when my mother and her siblings were infants. I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in a family with strong, loving women. I am also fortunate to have married a strong, loving woman (even though I don't know what she sees in me;) ). Fight the good fight ladies. There is plenty of work for all of us in this fallen world! I grew up with a mother who was at the forefront of women’s (including young women) rights in our small town. She modeled what women could achieve to many young women in the 70s, 80s and 90s, without alienating my father or any of the other men around her. She gained her strength from her own mother who was widowed when my mother and her siblings were infants.

I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in a family with strong, loving women. I am also fortunate to have married a strong, loving woman (even though I don’t know what she sees in me;) ).

Fight the good fight ladies. There is plenty of work for all of us in this fallen world!

]]> By: the.Duke.of.URL http://www.debtonation.org/2010/06/a-lesson-in-power-by-world-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-1917 the.Duke.of.URL Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:51:11 +0000 http://www.debtonation.org/?p=4051#comment-1917 Ann, this is undeniably impressive. And not before time. Ever since I was a young child, I have felt that there was someting deeply wrong about the power asymmetry between men and women, and I didn't feel that men necessarily had it better - in reality, whatever many may have thought psychologically. There was a price to be paid and the price could be high. I welcome this development. We now need a parallel one for men, so that they can feel good about themselves while aiding the woman of their choice in achieving her objectives. These women are exceptional in many ways and so probably are the men who support them. We need this to become more normal. And for that to be so, it would help were fewer men bent on striving for conventional alpha male status and more comfortable about resisting the power of this, supposedly empowering, cultural construct. We live in a different jungle now, and one where greater equality between men and women may be necessary for survival. Ann, this is undeniably impressive. And not before time. Ever since I was a young child, I have felt that there was someting deeply wrong about the power asymmetry between men and women, and I didn’t feel that men necessarily had it better – in reality, whatever many may have thought psychologically. There was a price to be paid and the price could be high.

I welcome this development. We now need a parallel one for men, so that they can feel good about themselves while aiding the woman of their choice in achieving her objectives.

These women are exceptional in many ways and so probably are the men who support them. We need this to become more normal. And for that to be so, it would help were fewer men bent on striving for conventional alpha male status and more comfortable about resisting the power of this, supposedly empowering, cultural construct.

We live in a different jungle now, and one where greater equality between men and women may be necessary for survival.

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