The Rule of Mars
Readings on the Origins, History and Impact of Patriarchy
I believe human beings are by nature peaceful, that aggression is not inborn. Violence is learned and, sometimes, it is even nourished. Like anthropologist Ashley Montague, I believe that "the way people behave is a reflection of what happens to them, not a reflection of their innate drives."
If this is true, then why is there so much violence in the world? How can we explain what is happening in the Middle East, in Russia, or in the Sudan? If we are all born small, innocent, and helpless, with a genetic makeup bequeathed by our parents (and a soul of our own), why do some of us become suicide bombers? Suicide bombers are not born as such- they are created and nurtured by the societies they come from. Those societies themselves are out of balance and are wreaking havoc on themselves and those around them, or perhaps these societies have been pushed into extreme responses by hostile neighbors.
I find it helpful to search for the roots of a problem in order to understand its current manifestation. In order to comprehend a suicide bomber or a political entity like the Nazi party, or the slaughter of Native Americans by European invaders, we need to look into the distant past, to a time when patriarchy began.
Cristina Biaggi
Cristina Biaggi - Belili Productions
The Dark Goddess: She Who Is Now at the Forefront
By Cristina Biaggi, Ephesus, July 21, 2005
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I believe human beings are by nature peaceful, that aggression is not inborn. Violence is learned and, sometimes, it is even nourished. Like anthropologist Ashley Montague, I believe that "the way people behave is a reflection of what happens to them, not a reflection of their innate drives."
If this is true, then why is there so much violence in the world? How can we explain what is happening in the Middle East, in Russia, or in the Sudan? If we are all born small, innocent, and helpless, with a genetic makeup bequeathed by our parents (and a soul of our own), why do some of us become suicide bombers? Suicide bombers are not born as such- they are created and nurtured by the societies they come from. Those societies themselves are out of balance and are wreaking havoc on themselves and those around them, or perhaps these societies have been pushed into extreme responses by hostile neighbors.
I find it helpful to search for the roots of a problem in order to understand its current manifestation. In order to comprehend a suicide bomber or a political entity like the Nazi party, or the slaughter of Native Americans by European invaders, we need to look into the distant past, to a time when patriarchy began.
Cristina Biaggi
Cristina Biaggi - Belili Productions
The Dark Goddess: She Who Is Now at the Forefront
By Cristina Biaggi, Ephesus, July 21, 2005
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