RE: DiGinnasio | The Gender Debate: Evolution or Subversion?
Apologies for the delay...I spent my evening reading your 1st compilation for steem atlas. I basically read them all and also, because I wanted to understand you better. The pictures were beautiful as is but your literary touch made them even more inviting. They’re quite fascinating, especially the ones with horses…Anyway, where were we? 😄
Family is a social construct...this baffles me. While I disagree, I want to understand. So, you mean the phrase 'blood is thicker than water' isn't always true - that relationships can sometimes extend beyond genetics…? Am I understanding you correctly?
Family is a physical reality. Yes, you are right that role models can come from outside the family, but I believe the family plays a foundational role – it’s where we first learn the ABCs of morality, values, decent behaviour, the proper perspectives etc…
You are right – matriarchy indeed. I have no issue with it (and I assume you don't either?) which is why I brought up feminism instead
Of course, we are not helplessly exposed to all of them, by "we," I mean us as thinking individuals. But what about young minds whose brains are still developing, or even those with fully developed brains who lack the capacity to think for themselves?
I'm a bit confused. Society is made up of individuals and groups (e.g., family, church, etc.). If we, as individuals, don't act right, how can society, which is technically 'us,' function in a way that truly serves us as individuals?
No need to apologise ;-))
Perfectly understood: I see family as possibly helpful and valuable, but not mandatory. Personally, I completely broke off contact with my family of origin when I was 16 and I attach great importance to the fact that I have not adopted any of the so-called values from there. Yes, personal experience is a bitter pill that perhaps clouds the overall picture ;-)) I also know families in which things are quite different, namely excellent.
And you're right: a society can only ever be as good as the totality of its individual parts. We are currently experiencing that personal responsibility is being largely discarded and placed in the hands of the social construct ‘state’. What is it supposed to do there? Nobody but ourselves is responsible for our well-being. The state, society, can help out if we end up in a dead end. But the responsibility lies with us! The world isn't just made up of dead ends - but that's how we like to communicate it. I don't yet fully understand in whose best interests this is supposed to be. But if I were to make assumptions, I'm sure someone would call me a conspiracy theorist ;-))
Now I understand. Thank you for sharing those details. I realize now that I was wrong to hastily conclude that family plays a vital role just because it worked in my case - I hadn’t truly considered other possibilities.
And you’re absolutely right - ultimately, we are the only ones accountable for ourselves.
I suppose our discussion has come to an end, but I’m grateful to have been on the receiving end of your wisdom. 😊