The theme of matriarchy in Southern writers.
"We will never understand the psychology of either women or men as long as we fail to acknowledge that a state of war has existed between the sexes for approximately six thousand years. This war is a guerrilla war. Six thousand years ago the patriarchy triumphed over women and society became organized on the basis of male domination. Women became the property of men and were obliged to be grateful to them for every concession. But there cannot be domination of one social class, nation, or sex over the other that does not lead to subliminal rebelliousness, rage, hatred, and desire for revenge in those who are oppressed and exploited." This statement was made by Erich Fromm in and interview appearing in the February 16 1975, issue of the Italian magazine L'Espresso. It sums up the basic thinking concerning the problematic relations between men and women.But any solution to the problem that merely attempts to transfer domination from men to women only fosters the warfare between them. This is the reason "we do not favor a movement for women's rights that in reality retains the principles of the patriarchal world, except that women now will have the power that was formerly the exclusive domain of men."
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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