Q&A Forum - March 2009 (Best of Elise)

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The same goes with the nurturing aspects of the female nature, I am sure many women would be offended with your comment that a woman’s heart is fixed on babies and family. A woman possesses the nature to nurture children and society has always recognized this biological fact. However, where the patriarchy failed is when it relegated women solely to this role. By doing so, the patriarchy voided the many, many, many other talents and characteristics of the female nature. As we are now witnessing, women can be great Mothers, superior students in college, and successful businesswomen at the same time. Men, on the other hand, are lucky if they can excel in one of these areas, let alone all three. I don’t want to bring up the word “superior" so I’ll let the reader choose their own word. Thanks for the question.

Q. Dear Elise, In a recent Q&A forum I saw your opinion on Matrilineal inheritance, and I immediately felt dejected. I see your point about the need for boys and girls to be treated equally, but until the old patriarchal system is left far behind, it would be nice if some of us (females) could get some extra help to pick ourselves up and move on ahead.