Women are from Venus, Men are Pigs

Yesterday on my Facebook page, I posted an ad from Peta with a naked model. Her nipples and pubic area were covered by a large, sword like cross. At her feet were a bunch of puppies and the message was don't buy dogs, always adopt. The model was voluptuous, and I'll venture to suggest that all fully functioning men couldn't help but notice she is attractive.

Reasonably and understandably, two female friends didn't appreciate the ad and were outspoken and several guy friends joked back and forth with me about the cute puppies and petting them and holding them, etc, alluding to some of the attractive parts of the model.

The discussion seemed to continue to divide the two groups and I saw the tendency which usually happens, that women don't appreciate being objectified and men continuing to be the crude pigs which we often admit to. The women are right to object and the men are wrong to laugh in the face of their discomfort. One of the girls pointed out that it is rare for a man to be a feminist. She was also right about this. I need to adopt a more appropriate attitude. I have a strong feminine side actually. Or I should say am in touch with a voice which is the voice of MOTHER. The Mother God voice, Earth, which is all about nurturing. But what I want to discuss in this post is something else--about polarity.

To go back to what I said earlier about the guys noticing the woman was attractive. This is instinct. I propose it has to do with a drive of reproduction. As I consider it now, I notice the sensation in my lower abdomen, above my testicles, near the base of my penis. As crude and rude as this may seem, I'm trying to discuss something which needs to be explored. Usually at this point, any girl friends in the conversation may say, "OK, I'm out of here." I really don't understand why we can't get to the bottom of these issues.

For instance, the women let us know that it is rude for the category of womanhood to be reduced to sexual objects, and they are quite correct. And men should respect that. If we want to laugh and be silly in private, merely laughing at ourselves really, that we have these tendencies, I think it is harmless. But we shouldn't rub salt in the wound and do it in front of girls, especially if we love them.

But as an intellectual pursuit, to try to understand the basis for men's behavior, when will we become that civilized? In another hundred years?

I agree that it takes an evolved and fully mature man to embrace feminist philosophy, but I'm really curious about this strong drive, which I insist is at the basis of much of our culture and also very harmful. I think beyond the extreme degradation to women and even violence against women that the behavior has lead to, it is responsible for our exploitation of the planet. I think this masculine drive is what leads to all wars, to all corporate crimes, to imperialism, and even to the basis of a MAN god centric religion. In fact, I think this MAN god centric religious culture of the world is what is keeping us from evolving to the next, more appropriate stage of human development.

So you see, I'm interested in getting to the bottom of my own frailty and weakness, caused by this polarity which is real and is inside me, but more importantly I think as a culture we should be open to exploring it, as research, as science. When we understand it, we'll better know how to deal with it.

And there is a counter pole at play. I don't have as direct access to it, but I can witness it. There is a voice which has been calling me, strongly over these last few years. I think the voice is the counter pole. If the male pole leads to reproduction and the counter pole leads to nourishing and care of offspring--I think I just got my own answer.

The feminine should be the leadership because the male pole leads to violence and crimes. If the feminine were the ruling body, it could be in a better position to manage the male pole. This doesn't have to physically be women in charge, although it should be in many cases. What I'm suggesting is about the polarity and management.

This is enough for now. Ciao.