Feminine/woman + Masculine/male

Post is purposely left without too much expansion on the topic...am interested to hear others thoughts. Whatever may come to mind when contemplating these ideas/labels/terms.

Not to just begin a topic without any input from myself. For a while now I've come to think of these complementary "opposites". Finding myself asking the question about how much personal power a man/woman really has. The cliche is that it's a man's world, but when examined from a different vantage, perhaps this saying is inaccurate and at worst purposely misleading. Not saying its a woman's world either, but I've come to be suspicious of the idea that women hold no place (responsibility) in the world as it is today. Sometimes I even find myself blaming much of the disconnect between the sexes/energies, on the women (myself included). Would be too easy to just tack that up to the patriarchy and male domination. Being that all men and women come from a woman, not discounting the male participation, only considering where the initial introduction to this world began...in the womb.

Here is a commentary from a woman speaking to the discrepancies in the reporting of gender violence...When I first clicked on this video I expected a male bashing fiesta, always happy to be surprised and sometimes even completely wrong.

re: gender war and the coming confrontation

I'll be the first to admit, I don't have a clue on how to reconciliate between the
genders, I really don't. But I do know we would be best to start immediately at
finding some amicable reconciliation.

This is a good topic Blackbird, and I come completely genuine on this topic for
very specific personal reasons.

Here is good material to read as adjunct for a better background perhaps so
people can become more familiar with this really sensitive subject. I have had
women belittle me without knowing me, without having any idea of who I am
as a person and how I have treated women prior to them ridiculing me just
because I am a male.

Rape and Death Threats: What Men's Rights Activists Really Look Like

I also know after hours and hours of research and reading all the ancillary
evidence, that a extremely dangerous militant féministes radicales cadre have
penetrated corporate and government institutions to violently overthrow the
current male patriarchy of society.

One thing I would like to point out which hasn't been carefully analyzed correctly,
is to what extent if any does commerce play in all this, in other words, when the
male has become financially independent and powerful how is feminism used to
destroy that financial power of the male?

Yes really topical thread , some good points on the bvid and the t link
Its a definite noticeable in the uk, the increasing amount of females in top corp positions and eager to climb high, and the real hard core ones seem to have adapted the classic uk male 70s mindset, of women are there to please men on the occassions the men would require their company , hard drinking women trying to outdo each other in corporate promotion climb, drinking, sexing etc and they talk about guys in the same cheap ass way that many guys talk about fems

power corrupts

but i predict within 30 years , there will be male and female androids available custom designed which will actually solve the male fem problem which always had at its roots, a sexual dominance / seduction equation

when the male has become financially independent and powerful how is feminism used to
destroy that financial power of the male?

Hmm...not sure about how this is done on a large scale but in an individual relationship I can see this being done to my brother by his x-wife. They have three children and about 3/4's of his monthly income goes right to her (not to the children who are now teenagers). She quickly remarried to a man who is financially established and had 4 or 5 children from a previous marriage himself. Its like one big mormon brady bunch with plasma screen tv's in every room and hawaii vacations etc. Meanwhile my brother struggles to keep his apartment and had his power shut off a couple of weeks ago (had to borrow to get it back on). Even though he makes a good amount of money and works  beyond full time, he can't seem to get by without struggling. He shares custody and his children stay with him three or four days a week. He never put up a fight in court, didn't want things to get any uglier. She knows all of this and she doesn't care. She feels entitled even though I know she spends the money on stuff that its not intended for. She can't see or won't see how hard he tries because she is still so angry and spiteful. So, she is not only taking advantage, but she can't even see how she hurts her children by doing this to their father.
My brother is no saint and I can't understand why he made three children with this woman, but I don't think he deserves this.

Much more to add to this M/F topic soon...

Thanks for sharing that blackbird.

The reason your brother's ex can do this is because when you get married it is a bond between three things.
Husband, wife...and The State.
It is the presence of The State that allows your brother's ex to receive what she gets and act the way she is acting.
There is no reason for a man to marry in this regard unless he enjoys willingly placing himself in a disadvantageous legal and financial position.
Many women demand marriage only because they want the future legal advantages and continued financial security that comes with it.
Some women desire to have children for this same insurance policy.
The only way he could have avoided this was by not marrying.
But how many gold-digging women will still give up the pootie without...the contract?

Yes and no, had my brother not put himself in such an unfavorable position in the first place than there would be no state involvement. The third party (the state) involvement only arose from the inability to work it out with the mother of his children and even having them in the first place with a woman he knew he nolonger loved in a way that was mutual.

Am reminded of my parents. I know that I was not a planned child. In fact my father had a vasectomy and ended up growing a new vessel to compensate for the one closed off so that myself and my other sister could be born. Pretty quirky I know.

I wish I knew how to reconcile this disconnect of the male and female, thinking and on some level knowing that this is somehow foundational to healing. Sometimes I find myself thinking odd things when in contemplation of what differentiates and the similarities that the male from the female or masculine/feminine exhibit.

For instance, on a small and silly level of wonder, why do men have nipples or why do I have what could be described as an adams apple when all the rest is clearly female... 

Wanted to add a personal experience with an intuitive psychic I'd had relatively recently. Maybe ties in to why I began this topic in the first place. The lady was very kind and she did a type of kirlian photography.This was my first experience with an intuit. She said some things that I'd heard before and some not. She said that I was an earth mother and that part of my purpose or ability was to assist in bringing a feminine awareness to the masculine (not in those exact words). Based on the photo she said it looked as if I was getting primed for something, like a bunch of energy was somehow being added to my auric energies. Also was said that I've these very distinct "guides" that are there and added emphasis on the fact that all I need do is to allow these guides to assist. It was an interesting experience.

The realization that I'm not even sure what it is to be a woman really bothers me. Beyond the basic view of giving birth, feeding and nurturing and all the soft pliancy of so called femininity. I have no freaking idea or at least any ideas of my own. How did things get so messed up?

...all you need to do is to allow these guides to _______ ...

...and that is all she wrote.

The realization that I'm not even sure what it is to be a woman really bothers me

Who cares,  just be thyself and everything should turn out just better than where you are now,  its amazing how some profound honesty can alter ones destiny and break out of the apparent confinements, there is definetly a powerful energy that can be repressed in people until you meet the appropriate person that it can be communicated with in an enlightening creative manner, ya and discover that life can be stunningly imminent when this is unleashed or activated in relating

footnote - by who cares i mean that who can say with any authority what being a woman really is,  that always comes after the fact and is outdated by the incident , hehe , hope that makes sense,  you are partly responsible for what a woman is defined as,  so take your place in making history, avoid dictated dogmas about shoulds and should nots

Nice one QSC,  

KapitanScarlet, to be thyself is all that one can do.