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At 01:18 AM 10/15/04 +0100, trendologist wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Bookish? the 'typical product of
our culture' leans<br>
more towards local yokel ...they can read sports<br>
statistics, romance novels, etc. Women are actively<br>
encouraged to play dumb because it supposedly makes<br>
them more feminine. </blockquote><br>
Clumping all of culture together reduces the ability of systems to adjust
to change. There is no typical product of our culture because you
are including "our" into the concept, which means that you are
including all aspects of culture and the social, technological,
environmental, economic and political drivers and trends. Including all
aspects would include, not exclude, the trends that drive change,
intentional or not, and set the standard for cultural branding. One
very significant aspect of this branding is how women are
perceived. Women are not perceived as dumb for gain, whether it be
sexual gain, professional gain, monetary gain, or social gain.<br><br>
Taking a 20th century neg-concept is of little value in our
culture. Society is one thing, culture is another. Society
may want to view women as dumb so that it can foster the vicious cycle of
male dominance, but culture does not see it that way. Culture works
as a catalyst to make social changes, and one of the prime catalytic
trends is releasing women from the labels which are highly
damaging.<br><br>
Women are actively encouraged to be smart, get an education, reduce
pregnancies, and become self-reliance. In the past 100 years, women
have made enormous strides to ride themselves, ourselves, of the chains
of slavery and suppression.<br><br>
Our culture wants women to excel.<br><br>
Natasha<br><br><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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