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- From: wyczi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:12:38 GMT
use. Women can so easily be made to feel
invisible.
The directions and warnings set down in these writings are as applicable
to women as to men. I do not want to give women an excuse for passing
them over, so I try to avoid terms that might provide an excuse.
However, male words signify many things; importantly, they imply courage
and strength.
Buddhism teaches that women must first attain a male rebirth before
enlightenment is possible. These are interesting and useful words,
pregnant with meaning, but they are also easily misunderstood by those
who want to do so. I will not make it easy for them!
Man, Woman, Science and Rationality
Man dreads the feminine because he fears the loss of his own
individuality and identity. This is man's classic weakness, highlighting
a major flaw in his character. But is he so bad? Should a man not fear
the loss of his individuality, his reason, and his dignity? Woe is he
who does not fear the loss of his soul!
Man's dread of the feminine is said to be the fuel behind his repression
of women throughout history. Maybe so, but this is no excuse to do away
with male reason! On the contrary, if man's rationality and strength
were made perfect he would feel no such threat from woman, as he would
have no need of her emotional services, and would no longer need to keep
her subservient to his will.
The solution is not to make man abandon his identity in favour of the
feminine, but to encourage both men and women to take reason to its
completion. Many believe rationality to have reache
.
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