Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00401)

Virginia,
Re: brotherhood- I think the worst part of it is that any young female
hearing "Brotherhood" is going to be turned off right away, & we do need
young members. But it rubs me the wrong way as well. I know exactly how it's
meant, but it comes out being disrespectful of females. We don't count quite
as much, except when it comes to doing the work.

Re: Dora- If you have access to Dora, that would be the best. I didn't think
she taught anymore. You won't get any misinformation from her.

Liesel



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>On Sat, 4 May 1996 16:24:35 -0400 liesel f. deutsch wrote:
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>>I interpret the ladies saying "man","he", to mean all humankind,
>>but they were so used to thinking of men as the big shots, as the
>>only ones who really counted, that they just automatically said
>>"he". I know that I still, to this day, when I hear about a person
>>in charge, an authority figure, automatically picture the person
>>as a man. As for instance, our head building maintenance mechanic
>>is retiring, & I heard that he was being replaced by a woman. My
>>first reaction was "A woman can't do that job!" Very
>>automatically, very ingrained. I think it's more that which we
>>find in the older literature. Women just didn't count for much in
>>the way of authority, and so even they tended to think of
>>"humanity" as "man".
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>Liesel and all others,
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>My comment had been fairly extreme, I admit, but I wanted to
>express the feeling coming on me when reading the "message behind
>the words" of earlier female (occult, esoteric) authors.  You have
>articulated that message wonderfully above.  It is a subtle, almost
>unconscious orientation towards the position that females are "less
>than".  I guess, when it comes to people as spiritual beings
>relating to each other down here I have never seen myself, though
>female, as "less than" in any way.  Therefore, I don't see any
>other females that way either.  But I recognize, alas, that among
>females seeing this way is distinctly in the minority.
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>Virginia
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