May the wise regard as an object of compassion
The small truthful child left all alone
In the wilderness where the frightening roar resounds
Of the stubborn tiger drunk on the blood of envy. Gendün Chöpel
The patriarchy in every culture, at a minimum, shames women for simply being. Donald Trump slammed a woman debate host for having “blood coming out of her wherever” hinting that she was hysterical and should be excluded from this important work because of her gender. That tirade was in response to her daring to pose a very pertinent question. No, he didn’t answer.
Last week an angry man purposefully drove his car down a sidewalk striking as many women as he could, murdering 10 and wounding 15 others before he, too, died.
Before committing this horrendous act, he recorded a video stating how much he hated women for not having sex with him. He called himself an “incel” or involuntary celibate and believed that women owed him sex; since he didn’t get it, he decided to slaughter them at random.
In the Sudan, Sunday afternoon sport for men is to hunt down a lone woman, gang rape and leave her for dead. These atrocities are different, yet the same.
Such cruelty can only come from fear. “Why” seems to be the question of the centuries. Perhaps the answer lies in the mystical and mysterious rites of birth, which only a woman can give and receive? This knowledge was honored by civilizations for millennia; their artifacts and art remain today. The Old Testament documents their genocide.
For the past 2000 years a masculine “God” has encompassed all majesty and power of the universe’s ability to create life and sustain that cycle for billions of years. To say that, Goddess and all her representatives (women) had to be subjugated. The Christian Dominion theory was forced on all things female, including living, birthing Earth.
We are living a paradigm shift as old masks slip exposing a vast underbelly of misery.
Change, like a river, has bends and turns, its force sweeps us into the unknown.