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THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES

If there is one phrase I truly detest it’s “The battle of the sexes”. The “newly enlightened” in the nineteen sixties got it wrong with their unisex philosophy. Men and women are anatomically and psychologically different. When people mention “the battle of the sexes”, they are generally focusing on the psychological rather than the physiological differences between men and women. They are inferring that there is war between them.

Gender based behaviour is our inheritance from our forbears. What are the four most distinctive features of our species? We are mammals. We are sociable. We are territorial. We are omniverous.

Historically we were both predator and prey. Alone, we were weak little creatures – easy game for the more powerful animal carnivores. But as an organized group we were the most powerful and efficient predators that ever lived. The glue that held our tribal groups together was the complementary differences between the human genders.

Men were hunters and protectors. They were strong, capable of short bursts of energy and single-minded – the perfect hunters and protectors.

Women were gatherers and nuturers. They could not equal men’s physical strength, but they had greater endurance. They were multi-tasked. They browsed wide areas in search of fruit, roots and herbs while caring for a baby or small child at the same time – the perfect gatherers and nuturers.

Men and women are designed to fit perfectly together – that’s why our species survived so successfully for so long. If we better understand the natures of men and women, then we wouldn’t need to try to change each other. There will always be differences. We need to look at behaviour changes as compromizes. No two people can live successfully together without compromize or accomodating each other to some extent.

We are living in interesting times. In western society we are not witnessing a total reversal of gender behaviour, but rather a “gender blend” of roles. Both women and men have their career paths. They both share home duties. Men are becoming more involved in raising their children. It used to be cynically said that to “mother a child” conjured images of caring, comforting and nurturing. A man could ”father a child” in five minutes on the back seat of a car!

Are we simply witnessing a cultural change in western society, or will this modern gender-blend spread world-wide and become a new evolutionary phase in the progress of humankind?

Sharing, acceptance, and understanding are three elements of spirituality. They are selfless, and they not only lead TO true love, but they also emanate FROM true love.

Bruce Donald Gilham

http://www.eloquentbooks.com/TheAwakening-DiscoveringYourSpiritualPath.html

http://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Discovering-Your-Spiritual-Path/dp/1608602087