February 1, 2008
Imagine: Women's Values Given More Credence
I’m getting so much encouragement about focusing on issues of Empowerment – for women. By empowerment, I mean whatever can bring an individual to action that is in synch with that person’s goals, without imposing mine/anyone’s notion of what that action “should be”.
The question is do we women know what we need to be empowered. I suspect the answer is yes and no. We know a lot of it, but there’s some gap in our analysis and understanding. We have to start somewhere. Let’s start with what we know. Yet, at the same time, make some space in our lives and psyches for creative pondering on the bigger question. What kind of society do we want to create – allowing that we what the ‘power’ that would not be bound by the parameters set out in the male-dominated society in which we live. If we ask the right questions and leave space for the answers, we could create a society that would be better for both men and women and all the various minorities that enrich our experience. What a neat place to hang out in your brain for a little bit.
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