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I ask questions and speak truths that make other people feel uncomfortable. Those sorts of messages, trans students say, make them feel invisible. How can we become brave enough to make the deep changes that need to happen in order to move out of the destructive patriarchal world we live in?
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We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this print by the same gravity. His voice was deep. Carol speaks in depth about the Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete in an illustrated with Kaalii Cargill. It has taken me a lifetime to understand that women and men find emotional truth threatening and by choosing this way of being in the sincere I create my own isolation. Alex was a former Girl Scout who attended an all-girls high school. And with a best friend who works security at one of the most popular gay bars in town, the whole incident was beyond unsettling. 
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When I was a girl, the women in the neighborhood looked out for each other, and my mother had a wide circle of women friends. My grandmother lived nearby, and she and my mother spoke on the telephone nearly every day. My mother and I had a close relationship cemented by caring together for my baby brother. Having grown up in a community in which women supported each other, I found it relatively easy to support and seek support from women in a feminist environment. At the same time, my newfound feminist identity deepened a rift that had opened in my relationship with my mother when I decided to go to graduate school. Though she was proud of my accomplishments, my mother feared that if I pursued a career, I would never get married. Through feminism, I gained a language I used to criticize the compromises my mother made in her relationship with my father. She responded that she had no interest in exploring questions that might lead her to leave him. I began to learn that the idea of the sisterhood of women has its limitations. Just last week a Greek woman friend and I were discussing the break-up of three marriages in our village between foreign women and Greek men. I was even more shocked when my friend responded that these women who had waited until their sons finished high school before they left their marriages never should have abandoned their families. My attempts to suggest that these women must have had good reasons to leave their marriages fell on deaf ears. Vanessa tells us that the story of Sarah and Hagar epitomizes the relationships of women under patriarchy, showing:. In Greece and India, where marriages are arranged, the new bride is often abused by her mother-in-law, who herself was abused by her mother-in law, and the system continues. My Greek friend, like my mother, assumes that women should always put their husbands and families first. This means that certain questions cannot be asked. And as my conversation with her revealed, women who ask them will receive no support or sympathy from women who are unwilling to do so. Muriel Rukeyser wrote: Rukeyser forgot to add that for the world to split open women must also listen. In order to listen, women must be willing to ask questions about their own lives. Until and unless women as a group take this risk, we will continue to pit ourselves and allow ourselves to be pitted against each other. I sometimes ask myself why I often feel isolated despite being for the most part a kind and interesting person. Perhaps I have my answer. I ask questions and speak truths that make other people feel uncomfortable. Christ is author or editor of and is one of the. She leads the in Spring and Fall: Follow Carol on and. Carol speaks in depth about the Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete in an illustrated with Kaalii Cargill. Photo of Carol by Andrea Sarris. A journey from despair to the joy of life. Exploring the connections of theology and autobiography and alternatives to the transcendent, omnipotent male God. A most interesting and thought-provoking post. Is that how they have to dress to hold their jobs? I must ponder this post at length. I have a daughter, two daughters-in-law, and granddaughters. Like Enjoyed the title for this piece, thanks Carol, and thanks for FAR. And then again sisterhood is … well complicated. Like Thank you for exploring this complicated and painful reality, Carol. I resonate with it very much. My husband was coaching in the NFL at the time. The proposed book topic for the Bible study was about how to be a submissive wife. I asked if we might consider exploring some other perspectives as well. I was asked not to return. I think also of my mother in law who has reiterated very traditional gender roles in her marriage. She has told me that my work makes her very uncomfortable. And I realize that if she gives it space, her whole world could come crashing down. Even with this framework of understanding, it can still feel sad and isolating to me. Being a feminist can be lonely. Thanks for giving language to some of the layers of this reality. Peace to you, Marcia. Like My mother was just as threatened by my interest in higher education as she was my sexual orientation — in fact, perhaps more so, as she had deep shame about her academic limitations. She cut off contact with me for good when I was in my 20s. I am now wary of women professional peers, which makes me sad. Like Thanks for writing this blog. All though grade school and high school and college, my best and only friends were other girls. This was back in the days before there was anything like the kind of sisterhood you write about. Today I cherish my sisters. Like I am finding that I am more liberal than my sister, my daughter, and my best friend. So many women are afraid to challenge the staus quo because they fear the loss of the only security they have. How can we become brave enough to make the deep changes that need to happen in order to move out of the destructive patriarchal world we live in? We need new paradigms, a different social structures family, education, political, etc. And the Dem election is even driving wedges among feminists and progressives. What it felt like was adolescence, so I left, because I wanted to grow up. Like And yes with disputes among feminists, a lot of the time it has to do with not wanting to offend the big boys who rule the field s , whether it is the Marxists who view feminist spirituality as another opiate of the people or the Christians who view it as heretical or all the others who think it just goes too far, is too emotional, too woman-oriented, or whatever. Like Great post, Carol! I am very lucky that I have an excellent relationship with my mother and she is also a feminist. She went back to college in the 70s and she was just one semester ahead of me. I bring my feminism in when I lead Bible study. At first this was difficult because most of the elderly women were traditional, but after I moved my mom here and she joined Bible study it got better and now we have some newly retired members who are also feminists. Although there are more feminists in Bible study, I still feel overwhelmed sometimes by the way the women support patriarchy. Like Two of the worst bosses I ever had were women. They both called themselves feminists but they set out to prove to the male hierarchy that they deserved the promotion more than I did by criticizing my work and productivity. Like Thank you Carol. Like All so true and so sad. Think of the women who perform the female genital mutilations…. Your last paragraph resonates with me deeply. When we walk to a different path we often find ourselves alone. But always remember that many, many people love you — they just might not be joining you for dinner tonight as they live on the other side of the world. Like As always a thoughtful and wise post, thank you once again! I have painfully found some of these kinds of problems within sophisticated circles as well, the lonely experience of masculine competitive behavior……. Few people talk about this, and it can indeed be lonely. Like Thanks Carol for mentioning me. Perhaps I have my answer. I ask questions and speak truths that make other people feel uncomfortable. And that is so. The isolation felt by women bound socially and economically into patriarchal patrilineal households has never been broken in many cultures and has only been cracked in others. Here in California, one of the more liberated cultures, girls have continued over the years to feel the need to conform to heterosexual norms that are grounded in patriarchy. I have seen many go from liberated young girls into adolescents acting and speaking in defense of patriarchy, all the while submersing their intelligence and their inner wolves and wasting their resources on expensive clothes and traditional makeup meant to attract boys and prove their feminine worth. The more recent and rapid acceptance of gay, lesbian, and transgender identities among these youth could be a blessing for sisterhood; maybe this greater openness to non-traditional sexual identity will increase acceptance of non-traditional heterosexual relationships resulting in women being allowed to be who and what they want. As cultures continue to diffuse across the world, we are seeing more acceptance of anti-feminist practices like the ones you mention, which appears as a move toward more conservative beliefs. But I have hope that within these cultures, with their ever increasing movement into shared space, are seeds which will sprout and become sources of acceptance and support among diverse sisters. It is up to all of us to make that happen. There are many conservative forces at work, and if we keep silent in the confrontation, we allow the ongoing suppression of the sacred wild within ourselves and our sisters. Like This essay clarifies why women have such difficulty with friendships in a particularly poignant way. We are all struggling with the patriarchal structure in one way or the other. I do ask difficult and challenging questions — I ask them of myself as well as others. I also speak uncomfortable truths. It has taken me a lifetime to understand that women and men find emotional truth threatening and by choosing this way of being in the world I create my own isolation. I understand why it is just too hard for many women to take a stand against patriarchy. I did, and over the last ten years have lost my tribe, church, faith, marriage and previous closeness with my adult children. Risking alienation from tribes is a powerful force to stay where you are! Yes I am deeply grieving my losses, however my growth and transformation has been profound and I have never before experienced such deep peace and joy. Like Thanks for responding, Carol. You wondered how many women chose not to take the risk to speak unwelcome truths. I wondered the opposite question! How many women chose to be empowered by reading your blog? I am one of those women. Because women like you have dared to speak unwelcome truths, women like me realised that this path was possible. Like Thanks Nancy, I love that concept! I think Rumi spoke of the Far Tribe! Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.