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My dad worked, and maybe cooked like twice a year and that was it. My step-mother did the cleaning, cooking, laundry, taking care of my 3 half-sisters, (in which she gave birth to them 3 years in a row), she did the grocery shopping, paid all the bills, and she taught my sisters everything they needed to know before they went to school.
I had to watch my sisters, do my own laundry, clean, and cook. That's the type of life I had when i was growing up.
and he had sex with her whenever he wanted regardless if she wanted to or not.
Unfortunately, it has carried over in my adult life. I got married at the age of 19, I never went to college, even though now i wish I did. I do things my step-mother did even though i don't have to.
My husband can't stand the fact that I cannot make a decision without his approval.
If my husband stays home all weekend, then so do we. i have no friends, and no life. I feel guilty for asking for help, I tend not to ask for help. i don't take naps, because I don't want to be lazy. i do everything I am told to do. Which well, doesn't happen very often.
This is what happens when religion takes over a house hold,
So yeah this thing against religion is very real and happens to do this day!
unless you have been involved in some of these religious groups, you have no idea just how hard it is to break from some of these old habits....
also, would also like to inform ya....may hubby still would break my neck if I tried to fix my car...
his car...
who'sever car it is...
Originally posted by orangetom1999
reply to post by dawnstar
So ....we get extra bonus points for doing work or risk which is difficult or hard and breaking olde habits. We write books and toot our horns??
Some members of the congregation told police they knew that Bins did not support his wife's involvement but said they were stunned by the killings. The couple had met through the church when Bins, a native of Brazil, started taking English classes there. Souza, also from Brazil, helped teach the classes. Bins occasionally attended church services with his wife, the baby and Caique, her son by a previous marriage, but he did not become a member.
I hurt my foot at work......so it isn't just the men that are taking risks....I tend to take one every day when I leave work and drive home!!
Originally posted by jakyll
reply to post by orangetom1999
Matriarchal means a family,society,community,or state governed by women.It doesn't mean there was just some female influence,it means they made the rules etc.Matrifocality is a society where women occupy a central position.And feudalism is a political and military system,not social.
In most of occult writings ....the power is in the males...even in the fertility principles.
The oldest known religious cult is that of the Earth Mother/Mother Goddess,it can be traced back to the Paleolithic era.(24,000–22,000 BC) She may have been the dominant figure but the fertility rites and principles were equal because,in the case of humans,its all to do with the reproductive processes.Which is 2 halves coming together to make 1 whole.
I read an interesting book on pre historic Europe, beaker society and others. They were matriatchies and very advanced for their time. They did not have arms or fortifications because they did not need them. They focussed on gaining wealth for their societies by sowing fields and developing crafts to make clothes and items that made life easier.
I'd like to clarify, there is no indication of any prehistoric mongol invasion of Europe.
Originally posted by karl 12
Pretty shocking read but quite clearly demonstrates the delusional, mysogynistic,insecure,cowardly nature of islam's portrayal of women:
www.dhushara.com...
Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by megabyte
Once again, I am getting into this discussion because of some error I notice, and not really for the actual topic. I apologise for that again.
Having said that, I'd like to clarify, there is no indication of any prehistoric mongol invasion of Europe. The only time they ever invaded was in the 13th century, and by that time (and for quite a while before that), there was no such matriarchal society in Europe. Anyhow, horses were domesticated and used widely in Europe by around 2000BC...long before the Mongols came.
Originally posted by jakyll
megabyte
I read an interesting book on pre historic Europe, beaker society and others. They were matriatchies and very advanced for their time. They did not have arms or fortifications because they did not need them. They focussed on gaining wealth for their societies by sowing fields and developing crafts to make clothes and items that made life easier.
Yeah,i have some books on that subject too.Its very interesting,but unforunatly its an area of study that doesn't get a lot of attention.
babloyi
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
Ever since the war started against the Taliban, the oppression of women in Islamic culture has become more and more apparent, with women not being able to do...well, almost anything in nations like Saudi Arabia and varying degrees of oppression elsewhere
What isn't talked about at length is the oppression of women in Christian societies. It is far more discreet and a product of the subcultures of the nations as opposed to laws that are heavily enforced, but it's still there.
In the Catholic church women are seen as spiritually inferior, being unable to hold positions of power.
In many Protestant churches women aren't allowed to teach men. This means that they aren't allowed to preach in the services, teach their own male children about religion, or hold any sort of authority over men
Also, in both Catholic and Protestant households, women are highly subservient to men to the point where they aren't allowed to make any sort of decisions, this, however, varies depending on how extreme and is far from universal in all Catholic and Protestant households.
So, while the oppression of women in Islamic society is now talked about at length, why don't we take the same tone with Christian oppression of women?
Originally posted by RUFFREADY
Yeah, I think women across the world should rise-up about the way they are treated in muslim type countries (beatings, forced to wear berkas, HONOR KILLINGS, to name but a few things) it really pisses me off when I see president Bush kiss the asses these sheks in S. Arabia and else where. He should tell them to make women equal or we will not deal with you Mod edit -- language].
[edit on 11-6-2008 by Byrd]
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
reply to post by EricD
um...no, it's not a statistical anomaly. it's quite the reality. there are sects of christianity that take the bible literally, to the point where women have to cover their head and cannot talk in religious services, because that's what the bible says. they're not allowed to teach men, because that's what the bible says
it's written in the book.