HeyJaredBurning Down the Patriarchy
An unfiltered notepad of ideas. Mainly for myself. Think of it like looking into Karl Marx's Paris Manuscripts in 1843 - but with the chance to make suggestions. Anything and everything I say is up for challenge and discussion.
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Unconditional Love (opens the original)
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“True love is unconditional, but to truly flourish it requires an ongoing commitment to constructive struggle and change.”- All About Love: New Visions - bell hooksWhen you meet someone who truly sees you they may see something that you can never see. You know what? We are not always right. Can you believe that we all make mistakes? Even you? Even me. So who are we to judge then? Did you ever make a mistake and then realise? What then? Did you do something irreversible because of your misunderst
Why fulfilment still feels like hollow collapse (opens the original)
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In her book “The Feminine Mystique” Betty Friedan uses Maslow’s hierarchy to identify that often in the Patriarchy a woman’s problem is that physiological and belonging needs are not met while society and therapy still tries to push esteem and self-actualisation first. Dallas Cullen identifies clearly that Maslow’s hierarchy as it was originally formulated is strongly influenced by social expectations of the time, so we need to make sure that application is nuanced. Carol Gilligan identified tha
Could you understand a child? When she cries in pain? (opens the original)
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“At first the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.”Shakespeare: As You Like It (Act II, Scene VII):Far be it for me to contradict the immortal bard when he tells us that “Children cry. It is a fact of life.” - but . . . Ok - so let’s start again from the beginning. I’m a frequent long-haul flyer (and yes I count it carefully against carbon use) and I think all of us who do this have heard those poor suffering bairns in distress across cabin (on in the seat behind us. And maybe we blame
What's in a name? (opens the original)
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This week we see how national identities and names matter deeply to people even if it in part of the cult of 22 men kicking a pigs bladder around a field, and it reminds me of how forcing external labels on sovereign groups rarely fosters peace or respect. The right to self-determination of peoples is a cornerstone of modern international law - most clearly expressed in UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 and the International Covenants on Human Rights.Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Sommers r
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