Dualism assumes that opposites are unequal and antagonistic, thus opposites are expected to relate as enemies and engage in war with each other. Winning or losing is the measure of success or failure, and proving one's worth is based on winning.This is particularly relevant to the sexism that permeates our society, where opposite sex means unequal sex in the dualistic world view, and where strength is seen as the ability to dominate and the measure of superiority.



Hence in current culture women too often feel that others have all the power and we are at their mercy. As children, girls tend to be taught to be good, and good means thoughtful, caring, respectful, and generous. Disapproval, rejection, and feelings of being bad are, therefore, strong inhibitors of girls. Girls are not usually taught to develop their physical strength, but instead think of boys as strong and themselves as "pretty." One of the great gifts of women's team sports gaining public attention, is the image of athletic women with strong bodies still looking like attractive, healthy women, and not thin waifs. However physical intimidation is still a potential silencer of women.

• Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice

• One woman is beaten by her husband or partner every 15 seconds in the United States. (Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991).

• Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the United States, more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.

• Women make only 77.5 cents for every dollar that men earn.

• The more education a woman has, the greater the disparity in her wages.

• Women may work longer to receive the promotions that provide access to higher pay.

• Women account for 46% of the labor force, but 59% of workers making less than $8 an hour.

• Only 53% of employers provide at least some replacement pay during periods of maternity leave.

• Four in ten businesses worldwide have no women in senior management.

• Women earned less than men in 99% of all occupations.

• According to a University of Michigan study, a husband added into your home life creates an extra seven hours of housework a week. From a man’s viewpoint, however, having a wife saves men about an hour of housework a week.

Women are taught that they need a man, to protect them, provide for them, and to love them, and that a man needs them to emotionally protect him, provide a home and family for him and to love him.

This would be fine except for that twist of opposites that says, when men fulfill their role they gain superiority, and when we perform our role we are inferior. That is a trap for both genders, and as a result, men often end up controlling women and are burdened by them, and women end up looking to men to make everything outside the home happen and then become dependent on them.

When we women find ourselves in that position we become victims of our own sexist approach to our power and ourselves.

If we go by the primitive cultures, opposites are seen as equally legitimate forces, and power is defined as energy. Desire is seen as the source of our energy and intensity is defined as strength. With this world view, women and men are equally legitimate and equally strong, and sexism has no justification.

Power then becomes energy not dominance, and the ability to choose is the exercising of power not the ability to conquer. Accountability and fairness governed by integrity are the tools that maintain the equality of the self's paradoxical system, and intimacy not conquest is the goal. This revolutionary approach affects every dimension of our lives, and communication within ourselves and between ourselves and others becomes a discovery process for understanding and clarity leading to intimacy and oneness. Communication is key. Integrity is preserved by communicating with honesty and fairness, caring and respect. Discovery and understanding are the purpose for communicating and intimacy is the desired outcome.

Life is a journey, not a test, and words are to be used as tools not weapons.

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