Q&A Forum - December 2006

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For one thing, I disagree that Mothers would see all their children as equal under a Matriarchal system. It's just basic nature for Mothers to form very strong bonds with their sons and want to see them get way ahead, because down to their basic instincts, this uplifting of males will help ensure a strong continuation of their line into the future. It's nature.

Just recently I asked my mother if she would consider leaving me a little more money than my brothers, seeing how they are far ahead and successful in their careers, and I'm still a struggling writer. She said she can't do that because it's the Law to divide equally. But I saw how emotionally she was attached to my brothers, especially the younger one, and did everything to make their lives easier and more comfortable, and she became like a Mother-Wife to them.

So until things really are "equal," (or maybe that's something that exists in a pink-fluff world), wouldn't it be a little more fair to give some females a slight boost somewhere ... financially or otherwise?

Anyway, I like you, Elise, and really respect your work, but sometimes I wonder if you live in an ivory tower and can't understand the struggles of women.