Wednesday, September 14, 2011

NEW AGE ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE SEXES

A self-defeating subtle attrition between feminine and masculine forces that has hurled all societies of the globe into an imperceptible separating force; neither black nor white, but gender based - seeking  physical, emotional and mental parity from an age-long chauvinistic, misogynistic force that has untimely aimed to suppress and reign over women without reprimand.

There is an alarming disparaging number of women who are, incessantly leaning towards a misanthropic tendency, mainly due to the type of treatment that has been dish out to them by an equally emotionally negligent masculine force.  

The battle field for this archaic sexist war has changed over the years, however it is still as potent as ever behind closed doors. Autonomy for everyone, in our economic inequitable world, played a unbending role in creating an even more isolating emotive hegemony – feminine power.

“There is nothing more dangerous, than a woman scorned”, in this state, a generation of scorned women and its feminine posterity; an inequality that was paved by egotistical men, our forefathers who saw women as mere things that looked after them and its off-springs without rights. Hence, our modern-day gender prejudices are rooted so deeply that they are hard to eradicate.          

We are still inhabits in the world that has minimal gender equality, and none in some places of the world – however there are those who strive to create a balanced pendulum between the sexes with love and respect for all sexes.

In this new age, Amazonian feminist extremists are creating a new sphere of imbalance, that was influenced by male chauvinism. Moreover with the newly past-centurion acquired economic emancipation. Women have their own birthright voices to influence and shape the future course for their own communities and the human race as a whole.    

We can strive to reach an amicable equilibrium, but there will always be problems, especially when it comes to “class-gender segregation”.  Therefore, women who still hold animosities with the masculine sex, will hold their positions in every societal stance to manipulate and weaken the insidious attitudes of male chauvinism.    

The concern in this, is what is witness in the black community, these days - the black man does not feel appreciated anymore and that’s the general feel in our nation. Man, especially the ones that love their women, feel as subservience to women who hold important positions at work and come home only to act as man-of-the-house, which is a mental, emotional and physical castration.

As a result, we see more and more households that are initiated and managed by single mothers who see man as a justified sperm, a means to an eminent separable end. More and more men see women as sex objects, a cup to have for a couple of weeks and leave to find another – these animosities create a palpable gap that is growing rapidly, within our society. Where the woman is the ‘Mother and Father’, and the man is just a Daddy that inconveniently drops in unwelcome, unloved. Worst case scenario, total neglect.      

Migrant labour in the early 20TH Century drove a hive of men into the city in order for them to provide for their households, in some cases a whole tribal community. Forcefully, children grew up without their fathers as role models but, as financial sustenance – other men went and were never heard from, living children and wives behind.

Latter-day influences - women own their own homes, thus they have the right to show insolence and disregard to a man that is trying his best to forge a loving life for her and their children. At times a vociferous vituperation of this man’s manhood.  

It is one thing to have a man that is indolent and  therefore chastised by his spouse for his indolence, however another to have a committed man, who is treated like dirt for trying his best to hold his family life together, because he earns less or nothing at all.  In some circumstances these women go as far as hiding food from their spouse – starving them.     

Autonomy has created a new role for women. A role that is abused by others and nurtured by those women who understand the meaning and power of financial influence in their homes, communities and nations.    

WORD TO A NEW SEX-GENDER INFLUENCE REVOLUTION

By Linda Sakazi Thwala 

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