Man - Woman

Our culture is our history and I have found that each culture has it's own traditions that shape how the genders in that society relate to each other.

In the West women have tended to lose their old stereo typical roles completely and as a consequence have also lost the essence of respect that those roles had afforded them in a bygone era. Women in 'so called' civilized society are now portrayed as sex symbols in only 'cold' beauty terms.

The cost is high. To be portrayed as cool but as cold as ice, does not make the grade in achieving a happy family. We see marriage break ups and families fragmenting more frequently, giving an overall sense of loss of structure and balance in those societies.

In the eastern hemisphere on the other hand, women are held back and treated in an equally exaggerated way as in the West, but in the other direction. Being afforded little respect by being treated as servants without feelings or ambition to do anything other than take care of children, cook and clean, is in my opinion, as equally a destructive a situation as the lack of respect and care shown to women in the West.

There has to be a middle ground in order to gain balance in this most important aspect of human civilisation. Men and women should be able to live in harmony and trust each other in order that family and balance can be returned to future generations. I would hope that we all want our families to thrive and grow, along with Society, into a more caring and fulfilling world to live in. We owe it to our children, and Children's children.

To achieve this change we have to look at stereo typical portrayal in the media, and how way off the mark it is in nurturing a good, caring society.

I have been horrified at some of the down right selfish portrayals in simple advertising. Examples that spring to mind are that of a girl moving her car so the chump hanging out of her window doesn't fall on it and scratch it. Using ironic humour to sell cruelty and lack of empathy in this way just encourages the parting of the ways of men and women.

Another example is the telling lies and going to extreme lengths to keep a man out your your bed in order to snuggle up with a lousy chocolate drink!? This would not induce a sense of worth in any male that I would want in my bed! Tripping someone up in order to reach out and grab their goodies, is another example. The media encouraging celebrities who split up, to fight in public, spill the dirt etc. etc. etc. is no way to go on. The rub is, we are poisoning our own perceptions of what is right and wrong in order that the powers that be, get what they want. IE Everyone working their guts out to make them rich. People burning out through exhaustion and lack of proper health and care, is a true vision of family despair. No togetherness, is not the way it is meant to be. Man and woman in harmony work very well. We must see that the media encourage this alliance and do not continue to dilute it down until there is nothing left to save.

Less of the 'Ladette' mentality and more of the gentlemanly, 'Open all doors' attitude, would truly make the difference for generations to come. Put an end to ridicule and competition between gender roles. We are each perfect for the roles we were given. Our biological make up is such that we must fulfil our needs. Women are built to nurture and men are built to hunt and care for their family. Gathering is their job and rearing is a woman's. These two taken together in harmony could put an end to child poverty, cruelty and many other scourges within our societies today.

Discrimination and hatred towards all minority groups would slowly be eradicated and life would be much easier for everyone. Men need to care by hunting, and women need to care by nurturing their children, and their men.

This is quietly important to society today because without change now, 'Here' could quite soon no longer be a society we will want to live in!

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Please Note First Published by BudZusHammer Magazine 2008.  This Edition 2013