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2006-11-29 14:03:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Other - Education

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To tell you the truth, women are still oppressed by the same ignorance and division that plagues the planet in general.

But to show the historical cycles, I would point out the tens of thousands of years of pre-historic matriarchal societies and goddess worship (that were more egalitarian and community-oriented) followed by the rise of patriarchal systems of government (when power and property was passed down the male side of the family) which have historically dominated both church and state laws. Since literacy was concentrated among church clergy while the masses were uneducated, laws were written and addressed to the male property owners, and marriage laws were used to control women and children as property of the family estate. This imbalance is still prevalent, though the higher rates of literacy and education among the general population have allowed the progress we see today.

The economic systems of colonization under corporate control continue to exert a power imbalance, in a race between capitalistic competition and educating the masses to break free from foreign dominance and to be democratically governed.

So the struggle today faced not only by women but by humanity as a whole is to overcome oppressive politics and to restore equality in relationships, institutions and society collectively.

To show the political divisions that continue to weaken the women's movement, I would compare and contrast the censorship of Victoria Woodhull by Susan B. Anthony and other more conservative feminists who dominate the history books, with the opposite problem today of conservative women denied by liberal feminists who dominate the mainstream media.

If you research Victoria Woodhull online, you will see the ideas she advocated back in 1870 are very much in line with the 1960's. The same issues exist today, and people are just as divided over them.

The main progress I see today is that with increased communication and mobility due to technological advances, more people can interact across cultures and distances to overcome barriers to building societies based on cooperative economics instead of political competition.

We are not yet using all our resources to the fullest capacity toward that end, but more effort is being invested in solutions to political and economic problems. So not only women but humanity in general will eventually overcome all social oppression.

2006-11-29 14:49:24 · answer #1 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0 0

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