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Imagine that for a moment that you have been chosen to be part of an expedition to another planet .All that's known about the planet is that it is inhabited by beings whose physical appearance is similar to yours.
After a long journey through space, you arrive at this faraway world . You step out of your spaceship and are greeted by pleasant-looking creatures who do indeed closely resemble your own species . Much to your amazement, they even appear to be speaking English.
Over the next few hours , you attempt to talk and interact with these beings. At first , you seem to be getting along well.But as more time passes, the tension between you and them begins to mount .Even though these aliens seem to understand English language, they constantly misunderstand your attempts to communicate with them - you say one thing , and they hear another,you try to express curiosity, for instance, and they interpret it as criticism.
As you observe these beings interacting with one another, the differences between you and them become even more apparent. Your own species has been trained to value cooperation and emotional sensitivity- these beings seem always to be in competition with each other. You have been taught to share your feelings - they seem to work hard at hiding theirs. The more time you spend with these unusual creatures , the more frustrated you become .
Finally, you and your exploration team decide to depart from this strange and unsettling place . You are certain that these beings will be happy to see you go , since they didn't show much enthusiasm toward you during your visit.But to your great surprise, they become very sad when you announce that you are leaving , insist that they loved the time they spent with you ,and beg you not to depart.In spite of their protests, you board your spaceship , more confused than ever.
And as you settle back into your seat and feel the rocket engines life the steel craft back into space,you think to yourself, That was the strangest group of people I've ever met.They said one thing and felt another .They acted like they didn't care, but they did. They didn't seem to enjoy having us around , but were unhappy when we left. Well, they were interesting to visit, but I sure wouldn't want to live with them .
Well, the aliens have landed and are living among us - they are called "MEN"
For thousands of years, women accepted these differences, adapted to them and took on certain roles that were expected of us. But sometime around the beginning of the twentieth century a revolution took place , a revolution in the way that women saw themselves and insisted on being seen by men .
For the first time , women were demanding equality in all aspects of life,and in the process, were breaking out of those culturally stereotyped roles they and their mothers and their grandmothers and their great-grandmothers had complacently accepted.
Men were used to being in control ,and expected women to behave submissively. Now women were saying,"NO,I don't want to act that way anymore." The truth was that we still weren't sure of how we were supposed to act as "new women". We were confused, and our confusion made the men in our lives even more perplexed. It's as if we were still playing the same game, but all the old rules were thrown out ,and we hadn't finished making up the new ones yet .One minute , we wanted to be liberated, the next , we wanted to be taken care of . We went to work and learnt to support ourselves, but we still expected a man to hold the door for us on the way into our office.
We begged to men open up and show us their vulnerabilities,but found ourselves getting turned off when they started sounding weak.And while our own double standards bothered us, they drove men crazy .
After a long journey through space, you arrive at this faraway world . You step out of your spaceship and are greeted by pleasant-looking creatures who do indeed closely resemble your own species . Much to your amazement, they even appear to be speaking English.
Over the next few hours , you attempt to talk and interact with these beings. At first , you seem to be getting along well.But as more time passes, the tension between you and them begins to mount .Even though these aliens seem to understand English language, they constantly misunderstand your attempts to communicate with them - you say one thing , and they hear another,you try to express curiosity, for instance, and they interpret it as criticism.
As you observe these beings interacting with one another, the differences between you and them become even more apparent. Your own species has been trained to value cooperation and emotional sensitivity- these beings seem always to be in competition with each other. You have been taught to share your feelings - they seem to work hard at hiding theirs. The more time you spend with these unusual creatures , the more frustrated you become .
Finally, you and your exploration team decide to depart from this strange and unsettling place . You are certain that these beings will be happy to see you go , since they didn't show much enthusiasm toward you during your visit.But to your great surprise, they become very sad when you announce that you are leaving , insist that they loved the time they spent with you ,and beg you not to depart.In spite of their protests, you board your spaceship , more confused than ever.
And as you settle back into your seat and feel the rocket engines life the steel craft back into space,you think to yourself, That was the strangest group of people I've ever met.They said one thing and felt another .They acted like they didn't care, but they did. They didn't seem to enjoy having us around , but were unhappy when we left. Well, they were interesting to visit, but I sure wouldn't want to live with them .
Well, the aliens have landed and are living among us - they are called "MEN"
For thousands of years, women accepted these differences, adapted to them and took on certain roles that were expected of us. But sometime around the beginning of the twentieth century a revolution took place , a revolution in the way that women saw themselves and insisted on being seen by men .
For the first time , women were demanding equality in all aspects of life,and in the process, were breaking out of those culturally stereotyped roles they and their mothers and their grandmothers and their great-grandmothers had complacently accepted.
Men were used to being in control ,and expected women to behave submissively. Now women were saying,"NO,I don't want to act that way anymore." The truth was that we still weren't sure of how we were supposed to act as "new women". We were confused, and our confusion made the men in our lives even more perplexed. It's as if we were still playing the same game, but all the old rules were thrown out ,and we hadn't finished making up the new ones yet .One minute , we wanted to be liberated, the next , we wanted to be taken care of . We went to work and learnt to support ourselves, but we still expected a man to hold the door for us on the way into our office.
We begged to men open up and show us their vulnerabilities,but found ourselves getting turned off when they started sounding weak.And while our own double standards bothered us, they drove men crazy .
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