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I had actually thought of this myself. Something to look into, certainly.
I feel that pacifism is very, if not feminist, certainly egalitarian, partnership-oriented point of view. As all of the talk of "punishment" with weapons and basically showing who's mightier has gone on, I have definitely been struck by the "dominator" mentality of such talk.
I recommend y'all read the fabulous "Sacred Pleasure" and "The Chalice & The Blade"byRiane Eisler. "Chalice & The Blade" is especially striking in its discussion of the absence of war and battles and the presence of scenes of love, children, dancing in the murals of ancient, partnership-oriented cultures. As dominator societies came in, the images of man and women intertwined became replaced more and more by images of battle and war.
I believe that war is directly related to this "might makes right" dominator mentality. I also believe that the dominator mentality is responsible for a great deal of abuse, racism, sexism and homophobia in the world.
This is because in the dominator model of relations, might truly makes right. Whether that is physical, monetarily, militarily, etc.
This is not to say that a partnership model is perfect by any means. However, I do believe that we do not need war. There is no reason to have war - period. And I certainly think a partnership way of being is more prohibitive of war, abuse, etc., because it relies more on working together rather than one side dominating the other.
[ 13-09-2001: Message edited by: Cherry Bomb ] |
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