tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post4132201217620724675..comments2024-02-08T21:51:21.368-06:00Comments on Emotional Abuse and Your Faith: This is not a tidy world of tyrannical men and victimized womenHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-58471098847489147022011-02-04T09:30:10.917-06:002011-02-04T09:30:10.917-06:00I knew what you meant Hannah.
You weren't blam...I knew what you meant Hannah.<br />You weren't blaming the woman.<br /><br />I think anon just misunderstood you.<br />And I think you explained yourself well.<br /><br />Very good quote from you comment: "If you have the scapegoat you don't have to dig deeper."Mara Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-79667407597579938402011-01-31T20:09:50.928-06:002011-01-31T20:09:50.928-06:00I think this is fantastic-- profound, and very tr...I think this is fantastic-- profound, and very true. We all need to look first at ourselves, and say, "How am I contributing to this problem without realizing it? What can I do to become part of the solution?"Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-84336240379613735822011-01-30T11:40:09.613-06:002011-01-30T11:40:09.613-06:00There is no doubt men have 'ran' things, a...There is no doubt men have 'ran' things, and 'controlled' things throughout history. To say the opposite would be denial. Its sad that people can't acknowledge the 'attitude' that comes with that.<br /><br />Instead of looking at that attitude we have blamed the feminist's of the 1960's.<br /><br />That is a great example of not dealing with our onion. A small group of women ruined everything. Okay then. <br /><br />Some women know in their hearts that is not true, but love the position of power they have when they agree with it. THEY also are the part of the problem.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-22010340976292398162011-01-30T11:33:37.567-06:002011-01-30T11:33:37.567-06:00I don't see it as 'blame the women'. ...I don't see it as 'blame the women'. That would be to easy, and you still have the rest of the onion underneath to deal with.<br /><br />Its not as easy as the 'blame the other gender'.<br /><br />There are is enough blame to go around. No one wants to look at that though. Its easy to blame the man, or the feminist, or third world countries attitudes. Its so easy to blame the 'other side', but no one wants to look deeper.<br /><br />Its easy to find the scapegoat. If you have the scapegoat you don't have to dig deeper.<br /><br />I would LOVE for the countries in question to have more education. It would benefit everyone to have the women in question be handed not just rights - but their dignity. Like everywhere some would resist, and some would grab it.<br /><br />Just like men with a bit of power some women would abuse that position. It wouldn't be many, but as you see in our society THOSE are the ones you talk about the most. The men that can't have the power of the money anymore to go and spend in the bar? They are the ones that go and say 'equality is sameness'. You have women that resist the change in 'agreement'.<br /><br />How do you deal with the next layer of the onion? We live it today.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-62155061781068935242011-01-30T07:45:15.224-06:002011-01-30T07:45:15.224-06:00I'm sorry, but to me, quickly pointing out tha...I'm sorry, but to me, quickly pointing out that women themselves are responsible for the oppression of women smacks of male supremacy. Blame the women again. <br /><br />People don't look deeply enough to consider whether some of these practices, perpetrated by men and women, were first imposed by men in male-dominated societies. Women in those societies accept the brainwashing of what they deserve, and because they don't think for themselves (abuse steals the mind), they become colluders in the abuse of females. If a woman were to cross the line and speak up, she would be labelled with the most perjorative of terms, a feminist, or worse, a radical one.<br /><br />A non-abusive male would not immediately point to the abuse of females by other women to let men off the hook. It is a dead give-away of a male who resents the fact that his gender is being called to account for its attitude towards women in general, and he doesn't want to be accountable because he feels entitled to a superior position and to define womens experiences.<br /><br />That't not to say that there aren't personality disordered women who perpetrate abuse. Psychopathy is not a gendered disorder. Male psychopaths will take advantage of anyone, male or female. And the same for female psychopaths.<br /><br />However, we cannot deny that cultural and religious attitudes that men have toward women contribute greatly to the abuse of women. Pointing out that women do the same is simply a diversionary tactic to avoid looking at the uncomfortable truth that a lot of the time, it IS a case of tyrannical men and victimized women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com