Looking at past

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Religion again

As I noted down in last post that all religions are started by men, so why do we find females as more ardent religious followers? One common reply may be they want to simplify everything and they don't want to think and argue over a already preplanned solution for faith in god. Though, it suffices for the general perception about women, even I could have agreed to this some years before, when I was in college. But now if I see to this I can attach one more thing to this solution that women don't see the faith in god as essential for their justification of their existence. They simply don't need these god's rationales to feel happy about themselves. They all are already aware that they are crucial for human society. And I think everyone knows this but simply just can't see the connection between these two points. Nature of man is more full of doubts and insecurity. I am not saying from this from only my behavior but from all the friends I have or people I ever have met. Females are always appear more sure about themselves, though they also face the similar doubts about themselves in their teen age but as they grow up, they realizes their importance in society. Whereas, males have to fight, struggle and justify their position and importance in society. I am not saying this rule is followed by all but yes by majority it is. Majority of males find themselves struggling to rationalize their existence, their need to be present their where they are. Females also have similar doubts but they all share one great significant rational that they are necessary for human reproduction and development. Here, again both sexes are necessary for reproduction but female as a role of mother attach themselves to their children much more than the father does. It doesn't mean fathers love their child lesser than mothers but they undertake their responsibilities for complete family by acting as an external interface to society. Human infant also takes a long time to learn and is completely dependent on his/her parents for everything.
Leave aside this parent talk; females do need some more security for their identity as part of a larger group. But instead of depending on only religion, they rely more on social customs. They take religion as part of their customs and stick to it. It may also explain why they are more than ready to customize some new ideology to suit there existing beliefs. They may be credited for incorporating different changes in the religious practices. When you find Christians going to a temple of "Velankani Mata" in south India or Muslims going to the grave of some "Pir" (wondering seers), I really wonder because these customs are prohibited by their religions. Christians usually go to churches and they worship jesus with a pantheon of prophets and saints. Whereas, statue of "Velankani Mata" is dressed as similar to Hindu goddess "Durga" in some places. Even these temples are same as of Hindus. Muslims as per their religion are not allowed to worship any other then "Allah" or "Prophet Muhammad". But if you go to south East Asia or north Africa, local flavors have changed this and you find huge numbers of prophets, seers, "dargah" and other signs of mysticism which is also prohibited in Muslim religion.
The social customs followed are used to define the culture of that region. This is what females try to relate with their identity. Human females form the culture. This idea, I have borrowed from Orson Scott's book "First Meetings in Ender's Universe". In the book, ender's parents have a argument on this context of what define human society. The conclusion they reach was that females form the essential part of human society and males are expandable to one extent. :(

That’s the reason, why most of the societies have male warriors only. Though females also take part in the wars but most the societies try to limit their participation and keep them away from the danger zone.

OK, it means I have to go and fight and girls will rest at home...this is really bad.. :((
Where is human rights and their equality campaign? I want equal rights.

That was a short digression, I guess, most of the people who will realize this truth of human society will give the similar reaction only. So, if a man realizes its lesser importance to his society, what he will do to make himself more secure? The feeling of insecurity give rise to many different kind of aggression focused on females. This is the main cause or repression of females in different societies. To justify their position in society, males tend to repress females and take pride in that.
In past, there were frequent wars and small fights which used to give a let out for male aggression. More importantly, frequent wars used to provide male a chance to prove that he is also important in society. A society in safe haven will have more important status for women, as expandable males are not need for the security of the society. This kind of safe haven is not possible in practical sense as there will be always some danger to the society either from other groups or some other natural causes.

A society, in a highly dangerous region and war prone area, has better balance of power between man and woman. Males have a chance to prove their worth for the society by going in wars and females can do their part in child and home care. They both play different responsibilities which are equally important for a sustainable society. Now, in this society, decrease the number of wars, put some law against fighting, this will reduce the burden on males but insecurity of their cause will pass on this burden on females. Atrocity and repression of females will increase as males try to justify their importance in society. Males will take over all the matters concerning the society and reduce the importance of females in sustaining the society. They will try to limit females in homes and child care. This is exactly what happening in society, today.

In USA and some western countries, history is fully loaded with frequent wars. Even these regions were busy fighting in recent past. Both the males and females were sure of their position in society. Females got more freedom as males were busy killing each other. We can credit two world wars for the freedom females have in these societies. After the wars, imbalance has again come to these societies. No wonder, western decision makers are still pushing for more wars to let their males have chance to show their usefulness.

All people cry for equality but they forget that nature has made man and woman differently and for different responsibilities, and both these responsibilities are equally important for society. So, what’s the solution to remove this imbalance without wars and fights?

In past, European societies used exploration as a tool to decrease this pressure in society. They conquered the world by this way. In present, in the same manner space exploration can be used to reduce the pressure. Again, westerns got this. Space exploration is essential for keeping the balance in the society and keeping all the human equal chance to show their worth for the society. Its human nature to search and explore new horizons, this is the way nature made humans to keep moving, to keep looking.

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