The War For Boys or Healing the Pain
I had a situation with a man who suppressed his feelings which I intepreted as cruelty to find that I didn’t really understand him. I realised he was not the only man who did this. I saw my own father denying pain, running away as my mother said, refusing to deal with issues head on.… Continue reading
The Fall of Adam: My Revelation
When I woke up at 5am in the morning, I saw clearly what has happened to men. I saw the differences between men and women. Apologies for the generalisations below, but just wrote it how I recollected the revelation. I am open to being wrong, but much of it felt right. I felt man’s pain.… Continue reading
The Changing Roles of Women and Men
It is really interesting where I find myself, I am a woman but never had children. I had a career and a calling in the area of peace. So my inspiration was not to have children. So when I hear assertions that women are here to nurture children and that the role of women is… Continue reading
Not in the Image of Man She is the Image of God
Women and men are in the image of God, whatever you perceive god to be, life, source, nature etc. The image is love. There have been many misconceptions about women. This poem was written as a tribute to the women of Afghanistan whom have extraordinary courage. My former partner was Afghan and I met many… Continue reading
The Framed Mirror of Male and Female
The bullet points describe a painting my former partner painted. He is Afghan. I have posted the description as it is very powerful metaphor for how women are seen in his society and why equality must not be just a platitude but a genuine understanding of equal rights to life and liberty.
• two people,… Continue reading
Burying Eve
The bullet points below describe a painting my former partner painted of Afghan women behind bars, he uses his words. It was a surrealist painting. It describes the discrimination of women and the killing of baby girls. Boys were valued more than girls, it is still a belief in existence today.
I sat with women… Continue reading