[Glorantha] Re: Grandmother, a patriarchal concept?

In message <003401c69fc1$19209cb0$0200000a@malkhome02> "Malk Williams" writes:

>>> I think a matriarch will be inherently nurturing and inclusive and
>>> unlikely to penalise those who don't know their parents.
>
>> What sexist rubbish! Women are no more "inherently nuturing and
>> inclusive" then men. To the extent this happens in the RW it is
>> a result of cultural expectations.
>
>Yes, quite so. Men and women are actually functionally identical,
>and there are no differences between them. Anyone claiming that
>women have a monopoly on lactation, womb ownership and menstrual
>cycles are also talking utter cobblers. Damn those sexist cultural
>expectations!
>
>(OK, I don't think that Orlanth Umathi was exactly spot-on with his
>assertion either, but your riposte Donald, seems to me to be at least
>as sweeping a generalisation as his, possibly even more so).

No one is suggesting there aren't physical differences between men and women. However I have yet to find any emotion, attitude or behaviour which is unique to either sex. And where there is a tendency for one to be associated with a particular sex it usually turns out to apply only in specific cultures.

I also remember the first enthusiasm of feminism which claimed that all the world's problems would be solved by having female leaders because they were naturally more caring and concilitary. Then we got Margaret Thatcher as PM.....

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Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/