The Fabric of the Future: Women Visionaries Illuminate the Path to Tomorow

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Much of what these women say doesn't make sense to me and doesn't describe me as I am and wish to become. Truly the world needs to become a kinder and gentler place, and these qualities have been associated with women -- but women need to realize they are INNATELY no kinder or better than men. Women can be as aggressive and cruel when they think no one is watching! In a report analyzing two decades of gender studies, psychologist Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, reported that female participants behaved MORE aggressively than did the men when these women were told the experiments in aggression would be blind, and their sex would not be revealed.

The opposite was true when these women were told their sex would be recorded I quote from the online article: In fact, they did the opposite of what would be expected -- the women were more aggressive and the men were more passive. No Big Difference," October 20, I'd like to see a world of kind and loving yet strong and resilient people, regardless of what sex each person happens to be.

This book made me glad to be a woman. In so many ways our society says women are defective. This book is a wonderful collection of essays by some of the brightest, most articulate women.

It has wonderful language from so many authors affirming women and affirming how we can change the world. The listing of on-line resources is terrific.

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The book is very optimistic and the on-line resources even more so about the possibility of creating a good future. Get to Know Us. Not Enabled Word Wise: Write a customer review. Showing of 4 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews.

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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Book arrived as stated by seller. Audio Cassette Verified Purchase. Great portrait of how woman work the fabric of this world. How our strength pumps the blood into this universe. These came as books on tape. Which for me was a pleasant surprise. I just listened to them every day on my way to work but i could see how it would be a hindrance for some people. This book I didn't care for so much, but it's hard to rate it as there are many articles in it written by different women I loved Gloria Steinem's and Riane Eisler's articles but many others left me cold.

Fabric of the Future: Women Visionaries of Today Illuminate the Path to Tomorrow

I don't care for "genderizing" -- assumptions as to what a woman is and what a man is. This to me is part of patriarchal dualistic thinking that has caused such divisions and rifts between male and female to begin with! This thinking is part of the problem! A woman is "feminine" and that means such and such, and a man is "masculine" and that means It's much more holistic and much less confusing to say men and women both are human beings and we all have similar qualities and characteristics and potentialities.

Rather, we all need to develop a BALANCE of positive human traits -- strong yet gentle, kind yet bold, soft but not weak, emotional without being gushy, persistent without being pushy, assertive yet tolerant, authoritative without being domineering. I get so tired of others trying to tell me who I am, as a woman! To that effect, I "take the best and leave the rest," and with this book I am doing likewise.

Much of what these women say doesn't make sense to me and doesn't describe me as I am and wish to become. Truly the world needs to become a kinder and gentler place, and these qualities have been associated with women -- but women need to realize they are INNATELY no kinder or better than men.

Women can be as aggressive and cruel when they think no one is watching! In a report analyzing two decades of gender studies, psychologist Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, reported that female participants behaved MORE aggressively than did the men when these women were told the experiments in aggression would be blind, and their sex would not be revealed. The opposite was true when these women were told their sex would be recorded I quote from the online article: Bill Clark added it Aug 08, Mara Stein is currently reading it Feb 24, Thoughtfisher marked it as to-read Apr 02, Liz marked it as to-read Jul 09, Evgenia marked it as to-read Apr 07, My Reading marked it as to-read Feb 08, Jo marked it as to-read Jun 25, Sheri added it Jan 21, SouthHouse added it Apr 06, Sue added it Jul 24, Eileen Spillane marked it as to-read Mar 21, Anna marked it as to-read Apr 26, Brooke marked it as to-read Sep 04, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

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