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KittenWithaTwist -> RE: Definition please? (10/8/2005 6:12:55 PM)
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An observation: Men seem very focused on gender domination. Submissive men are attached to the female supremacy fetish. They come to me often and question my disgust with this particular belief/fascination. Curiously, they never respond when I calmly outline why one gender is no better/faster/stronger/smarter/cooler than the other. Dominant men are equally attached to the female inferiority fetish. They boast often about how women all over the world are constantly in a submissive role because they were "bred" or "born" or "designed" to be that way because (insert deity) makes it so. Curiously, they never respond when I calmly outline why one gender is no better/faster/stronger/smarter/cooler than the other.
Women are no better than men. Men are no better than women. As two genders within the same species, we have certain characteristics that make us complimentary. For instance, women commonly produce more estrogen than men. However, women, like men, also produce testosterone. Some women produce more testosterone than estrogen. Women, naturally, are built with ovaries, which, when joined with the male's sperm, create an embryo. These things make a female mammal.
Men produce more testosterone than women, but they also produce estrogen. Some menproduce more estrogen than testosterone. Men, naturally, are built with penises, which carry the sperm, created in the testicles, which is spit from the member during ejaculation. The sperm combines with the ovary, or egg, to produce an embryo. These things make a male mammal.
This is where our differences end, naturally, biologically. You can say that some men are more inclined to muscle mass. This is true in *some* men but not all men. Some women are more inclined to muscle mass as well. This is true of some women, but not all women. Some men, in your example, are authoritative. This is true of *some* men, not all men. Some women are authoritative.
Must I continue, or are you getting my point?
Humans are unique from most other species of mammals, and even from our closest relatives, the apes. Most mammal species, though hardly all, are active in small groups, controlled socially by a male, but ecologically and biologically by a female, or several females. Look at the Lion. The male lion is socially dominant. Yet, he does not kill his food when in a pride. He does not feed his young, and is oft times seen as a danger to them. He is, essentially, a figurehead. A female lioness is perfectly capable of protecting her young. She hunts for and kills her own food. She can hold her own in a fight. She is probably only protected by the male because *he* needs HER to keep his family tree intact. He's lost without her.
My point, in all this?
Human being are unique in that we need each other to live. In this society, in the Western World, we do not have "natural" enemies. There is no need to protect the woman from lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) or even from natural disaster or disease. At least, no more so than there is a need to protect the men. Naturally, biologically, we are all of the same value.
Socially, women can carry as much authority as men. Look at Martha Stewart. Check out Elizabeth the First, Queen Victoria, and Hillary Clinton. Admire such incredible women as Rosie O Donnell, Madonna, and my own mother, who is the most dominant woman I have ever met, who cared for and protected her own young, provided their food, and fought off danger.
I fully respect your desire to be Gorean. I understand that it is something you believe in and desire. But when you attempt to impose your beliefs on others, you will meet a whole host of intelligent women, both submissive and dominant in their own relationships, who can quite calmly show you that in the real world, outside of D/s, outside of Gor, outside of S&M, we're all the same.
Simply put, no one is better.
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