Lest we look back only a hundred (if we go back any farther these relationship become even more pitiful) years to see how restricted women were in their choices of a mate and particularly how powerless and oppressed they were in the relationships.

In modern-day Western society, women's "freedom" and increased "power" greater than ANY non-western woman (or so is said) but how long do marriages last? HOw many single mothers are there? How many people have been married AT least twice?

Who is to say that marriage is the way to go? Women have historically put up with mass amounts of shit to make that system work.
Who is to say that Western culture is not in some period of transition--where new configurations may evolve??
Watched a documentary on a tribe from South America where they had one primary partner, but open sexual relationships with a variety of different partners was not only common, but encouraged. A part of their rituals and customs--one where women exerted much of the power.
So much of this discussion is focused on history--what about the future??? And what about our ability to shape it?

Man-- I have so many cool ideas of what I would like to see.

Shim



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