Explanation well taken. If Alferd Hitchcock were alive he'd probably make a movie : The Feminists is coming. Recently heard of a diplomat being pulled up in the press for saying Madam Chairman. Oh! do we all have our little sensitivities.

Thanks for these little Online Tutorials.

The biggest problem with extreme femminism is that it overcompensates for the past.  Instead of men dominating women, it tried to turn it around so that women dominate men.

Well, as a people, we should.  But often what happens is that some people who demand to be equal usually mean they want to be more equal than others.  There are also people who actually believe in equality, but its often hard to tell which one wants equality and which one wants their group to be more equal than others in the name of equality.  A lot of times people hide their real agenda behind a good cause, which often taints the good cause in many people's minds.

Plus, you have to consider the pendulum effect.  In many cultures, man has dominated for so long that once feminism takes root, the ultra feminists try to swing the pendulum to the opposite extreme.  Actually, what is healthy and natural is for there to be a balance between the two.  But the balance usually comes naturally in time in a free society.

A good example of this is the U.S.  When feminism first took root, the pendulum swung the opposite way where women started to dominate the men in certain ways (or attempted to).  It was a knee-jerk reaction to being dominated, to dominate instead.  Now, years later, things are starting to balance out with men and women becoming truly equal, not just in retoric.  There still is a long way to go, but now people are starting to truly strive for true equality.

Also, most people don't know how to cooperate at a level they could because they have never been in an environment that does that consistently.  Most of us grew up in environments where one gender dominated over another, one race dominated over other, one region dominated over another, one religion dominated all others, etc.  Most people are not used to and have very few examples for living in cooperation and partnership.  Most people's response to being dominated is to attempt to dominate back.  But that reaction does not end domination, it just shifts who is doing it.  The solution to the problem is to not dominate at all and to relate to people or groups in an entirely new way.  This takes time.

Depends on what replaced domination.  Personal Responsibility or Wild Abandonment?  Caring or Apathy?

People tend to lives lives that they feel they deserve.  That is just as true on a societal level as a personal one.

If you think you are not loveable, you will not feel loved.  If you think you can't handle the freedom (or society can't) then you will long for the control and certainty of repression.  If you think you do not deserve to be wealthy, then you will not be, and if you do get lots of money, you will waste it until you are back to a level you think you should be.

Keep in mind, most of this is subconcious, but it is how our lives work.

Abrupt changes usually cause a pendulum effect.  They start with no freedom, and then the pressure starts coming off and they swing to the opposite extreme, which is freedom without personal responsibility.  Then people see there is too much freedom (or really not enough personal responsibility) and then they swing the pendulum back to be more controlling.

In a free society where people have a say in the laws and rules they live by, I think that after many generations it will start to even out.  The only time it won't eventually balance out is when a small group controls & enforces the laws and rules.

Take a look at the U.S.  In the 70's it was hippies, love & drugs.  Then it became tough love and "Just Say No."  And soon it will start to swing back the other way.

Edited by Scott