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Yesterday's mass (church) was very interesting indeed.
There was a visiting priest promoting priesthood. I was so very tempted to jump up and ask about women's role in the church. The church has to be one of the most patriarchal organisations around, and yet no one actually really realises it. Why aren't women allowed to be priests? And in the Bible, the women are all depicted to be followers, nurturers and providers. Nothing about teaching/preaching or being of key importance to the spreading of the word.
Maybe I'm wrong and people realise it, but they don't want to do anything about it. After all, religion is a very, very touchy subject and I wouldn't even dare talk about it to a priest without the threat of him performing an exorcism/dumping me into a pail of holy water to expel the devil.
Why is it that feminism is such a taboo subject in society? The role of women is taken on so readily by many in society, it's frightening. The other day, the brother and I were talking about marriage, and how I should find a capable, wealthy husband. My retort, as always, has been that I'm perfectly able to support myself, and that I'm probably more intelligent and will probably earn more money than many men around. It isn't that I'm being a separatist feminist/lesbian, but more of the belief that women do not need to depend on men for a living.
Yes, both genders can definitely exist RELATIVELY harmoniously together. Obviously it would be hard for gender equality, considering how society thinks of gender in such binary terms. However, the stereotypes and roles concerning both men and women do need to change, especially the notion that women have to depend on men for a living.
The other day in lit, we were just discussing the guilt women feel when they enter the workforce when they have kids. The majority of men do not feel such guilt. It is not ingrained into society that men are the nurturers of the family. On the other hand, that is seen to be women's role. In the 1960s, a survey done by Betty Friedan in 'A Feminine Mystique' revealed that a majority of women felt a great sense of dissatisfaction with their lives. They had the luxuries which a bourgeoise suburban life could offer. But is that all?
At the end of the day, it all comes down to the roles assigned by society. Do we choose to take them aboard? Or do we think them through, then decide whether we take them on or not? Most often, however, we get swept away with the waves, and drown, helpless and despaired.
An Unsaid Word: Adrienne Rich
She who has the power to call her man
From that estranged intensity
Where his mind forages alone,
Yet keeps her peace and leaves him free,
And when his thoughts to her return
Stands where he left her, still his own,
Knows this the hardest thing to learn.
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