In helping any women or men, the most important consideration is to respect the individual's being and choice. The most violent abuse is to impose.
Let us imagine a society where the predominant view is for women to sit down and shut up.
Somewhere, somehow, a few people decided to provide an alternative for women to stand up and speak out. They conducted workshops and screened movies. Of those who attended, some were uncomfortable and some even felt that it down right wrong. A few welcomed the alternative and felt more alive. They began to speak up at meetings. They asked for a world where love can be expressed freely and reproductive facts of life explained openly. This touched a chord in the hearts of many women, especially the mothers. Soon, more women were speaking up and expressing themselves.
Alas, the rowdiness was brought to the high priest's attention and the workshop was banned.
Many years later, the high priest is now faced with a shortage of funds and girls are promptly told to stop school. After all, girls only do what they are told and for years, many feel that it is a waste to teach girls how to think and speak.
Henceforth, all the girls on the land live through life in total silence. They are only allowed loud moaning during sex, but only when told to.
The lack of people honoring one another is the root of problems that leads all the way to abuse and violence.
ReplyDeleteSomething to think about :
- How to find that balance?
- What kind of roles should people play in country, company and home, and more importantly, in relationships?
- What is give and take? Today's society (from a sociology point of view) is, "you give, I take".
What kind of solutions can we provide that will lead people to sincere, positive changes?
This is something that we hope to achieve. It takes a lot of people fed up with "the way we are" to bring that change.
I hope you can be a catalyst that starts the reaction happening.