The traces of human power struggle from matrilineal society to patrilineal society

Armando 2022-01-22 08:03:40

Living in China where the patriarchal problem is relatively serious, seeing the oppression of women in Europe in the Middle Ages, I can’t help feeling: What’s wrong with this world, so unfair to women? The traditional Chinese requirements for women’s three obediences and four virtues, women in the Islamic world are not allowed to show their faces. Even the Western world, which flaunts equality, has such a history of female humiliation that cannot be recalled.

If a woman gains knowledge, her uterus will shrink, which will affect the most basic social function of women. This seemingly absurd remark was so deeply rooted among the Christians at the time that the father and husband seemed so cruel and ruthless in dealing with the education of their wives and daughters. Thousands of miles away in China, "a woman without talent is virtue", it really complements each other!

But we can turn to the longer history of mankind. We all know that women have not always been in a position of being oppressed by men, and matrilineal society occupies a dominant position in a longer history. People at that time didn't know their father but only their mother. People determined the family members according to the mother's descent, and the leaders in the family could only be women. Then, with the development of productivity and the emergence of agriculture and animal husbandry, men's status in production became higher and higher, so men began to compete for dominance within society and clans. This process, like all the conflicts and struggles that occur within human beings, is cruel and even a little ugly. As a result, all kinds of mythological male and female slander speeches appeared, some have been passed down as legends, and some have been included in doctrinal regulations by religion, affecting all people in ubiquitous ways. Therefore, although these remarks are hidden behind the conspiracy to seize power, it is undeniable that it has become the most powerful weapon in the patriarchal world. Once violated, it will be reduced to a different kind and abandoned by society.

Joanna is not born against the bones, but her talent and wisdom allow her to see injustice; although she has no intention of chasing power, once she has power, she will advocate women's right to education. Therefore, if women possess knowledge, they will pose a huge threat to men's domination of the world. There may be no gunpowder in this war, but it is just as cruel. This war seems to have ceased, but it is far from over!

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Pope Joan quotes

  • House Steward: Pardon me, Eminence. The girl has arrived. You had her fetched from Ingelheim.

    Fulgentius: Oh yes, now I remember. That Greek scholar's idea. But am I seeing double?

    House Steward: The boy is her brother. Their father, a Priest, insists that he too be allowed to attend the Scola.

    Fulgentius: What do you know? I send for one and get two! If only the Emperor were as generous as these holy men from the countryside!

  • Johanna von Ingelheim: As for strength of will, women can be viewed as superior to man. Eve ate from the apple out of love of knowledge and learning. Adam ate it only because Eve asked him to.