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Gender - why I am me and why I can never be you or anyone ekse
GENDER !!!!!!!! “WHY I AM ME AND WHY I CAN NEVER BE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE” Misogynistic patriarchal societies have had free reign to define the fallacy that is GENDER ie femininity and masculinity, throughout the ages. Just like the 2 boys in the film “Weird Science” setting an absurd stereotypical default of what each girl/woman and boy/man would be expected or permitted to be and characteristically express. Gender stereotypes were only ever created from the wishful imaginations and opinions of a domineering patriarchy, imprinted and policed through perpetual social control. So in effect men have had the power to define the “acceptable” expression of men and women by the creation and instigation of social norms. Matriarchy continues to challenge this restrictive travesty and thankfully many men have also begun to challenge toxic masculinity too. It has been proven continuously that existence through life as a human female, physiologically and biologically, as a girl and then an adult woman entails facing and dealing with gross inequalities due to sex-based discrimination in comparison to biological boys/men. The patriarchal CONstruct of gender roles/stereotypes has enabled this discrimination/prejudice to proliferate through the fabric of cultural society. Humanity has wrongly believed the ludicrous fallacy of femininity/masculinity as being inextricably linked to biological sex. Gender self-identification should never have been attributed to biological sex at birth. False expectations have been set for every single human being, through the concept of social engineering. Gender ie masculinity and femininity are a manmade CONstruct, a CONcept instigated and proliferated throughout the ages to ensure patriarchal dominance over a forced subservient matriarchy. This preset completely constructed false societal paradigm has been challenged continuously since the start of civilization by many groups. Every single human being should be allowed to openly express a unique blend of subjective gender self-affiliation/identification, wherever this ratio may fall between masculinity and femininity. Human characteristics and expressions have been falsely pre-determined and categorized between these 2 headings, robbing every human being to some extent of free total self-expression. Existence is an individualized dynamic process whether being born a biological girl or boy as life does not evolve within a vacuum. Nature, nurture and every psychosocial interaction will shape the persona in both a conscious and very often subconscious manner. Individual psychological processing leads to an association or rejection of characteristics as inherently self-identified or not. Valid gender identity can only be formed from the subjective perception of the unique individual’s psychosocial experiential reality. The problems people experience are often a direct result of patriarchy having the audacity to divide girls and boys separately in order to control access to power and rights, basing it purely on biological differences. Respect should be given to the right of every individual human being for self-expression of the subjective association/identification held in regard to either/both sets of characteristics. The adoption of my universally adaptable gender continuum of alignment, would provide the means for every single human being to express a cumulative unique subjective ratio of gender identification, irrespective of any other factor. Many biological boys/men have disputed an association to a variety of characteristics deemed by patriarchy within the masculinity sphere. Many biological girls/women have fought fiercely throughout the ages to assertively dispute an affinity to many restrictive characteristics placed within the manmade sphere of femininity. I have only ever existed as a biological girl then woman. The extent to which I identify with human characteristics/traits can only ever be stated by myself. One biological girl/woman exists within the world of all other biological girls/women facing the same challenges and inequalities of that particular cultural era. One biological boy/man exists within the world of all other biological boys/men having to attain patriarchal expectations of the particular lived era. An innate sense of gender identity can only be formed through individualized, subconscious, psychosocial, experiential processing. Initially patriarchy set a default man and woman, arrived at from the opinions of men, by coining the false terms masculinity and femininity, in effect granting men control of all human expression through instigating the formation of absurd “social norms” All means of social control could then be used by the dominant patriarchy to ensure societal conformity. Every generation has continued to eagerly imprint these “values” in their offspring as femininity and masculinity, through belief that these manmade stereotypes were in some ludicrous way “naturally inherent” if born a girl or boy. The segregation, of basic expressive human attributes/characteristics, has led to every individual being ridiculed if they displayed signs of nonconformity to the manmade pre-set stereotypical gender defaults. Subjective self- identification is a dynamic process throughout the developmental lifespan. Experiential human characteristics, traits, qualities and beliefs will continuously be uniquely psychologically processed, rejected or incorporated into a subjective self-concept. I have only ever existed as a biological human female. I have never possessed any internal frame of reference for existence as any other sex or person. I have only ever interacted (and perceived by others) as a biological girl/woman. Every psychosocial interaction I have personally experienced has been as a biological female throughout the time frame of my evolving lifespan. During this era I have faced many restrictive inequalities, discrimination and prejudice by sole virtue of my factual existence within the sphere of biological sex based womanhood. Being part of this human group does NOT give me the authority NOR the ability to define the unique innate sense of self (ID) of any other biological female. It is also ludicrous and an impossibility for me to assume that my inclusivity within this group gives me insight as to what human characteristics should be “naturally” assigned to ALL biological girls/women. YET ABSURDLY A DOMINANT PATRIARCHY WAS ALLOWED TO DEVISE THE CONSTRUCT OF GENDER IN ORDER TO DEFINE AND MANIPULATE EVERY MEMBER OF HUMANITY. The fallacy of femininity and masculinity has been rigorously disputed ever since. I possess NO experiential knowledge of being a boy/man which I could subjectively relate to, by virtue of being born and existing as a biological female. Neither can I currently (nor in the future at any point) identify as a young baby or girl, again as my existence and reality has extended beyond these developmental stages as a result of experiential interaction and age. No one can dispute that all human beings gain experience, skills, knowledge, memories, relationships and affiliations as a result of the aging process and scientific and technological advancement by means of the neuroplasticity of the brain. The self-concept, persona and identity can only truthfully be acknowledged as a constantly evolving phenomenon throughout the lifespan. To dispute this fact is to deny the impact of many factors on human expression and the formation of the subjective self-concept. ACE’s-adverse childhood experiences, indoctrination, access to education, deprivation, poverty, radicalization, conditioning, propaganda, trauma, abuse, religion, pregnancy, childbirth, advertising and main-stream media to name but a few. Cultural and societal norms/expectations/ responsibilities, laws and customs have been shown to directly effect the development or restriction of an individual’s persona, status and privilege, self-esteem or sense of adequacy or worth. Being born and existing as a biological female can never provide a similar experiential reality to being born and existing as a biological male given the prejudice, discrimination and barriers to life choices women/girls continue to face in comparison to men/boys. Lived reality cannot be merely attributed to circumstances. Individual personal subjective reality and identity can 0nly be formed after subconsciously processing experiences and circumstances to arrive at each individual’s unique perception of lived existence and self-concept. Confining boys expressions within “masculinity” and restricting girls expressions within “femininity” alone has denied every human being from true, individualized, holistic expression throughout the ages. All individuals should have the right to express all the human characteristics they subjectively possess. For this to be possible, femininity and masculinity - GENDER must be extolled as a universal spectrum of human characteristics available to all people. Imagine if the dominant patriarchal societies had not been allowed to categorize these attributes by dividing human characteristics as they saw fit between the sexes. The evolution of the human species proves beyond doubt the fallacy that sex-based gender roles have always been. Every single human being has effectively been MISGENDERED to some degree by the patriarchal system. By allowing the division of innate NATURAL human expressive characteristics between the sexes. This has ensured all power-based attributes would be conveniently and firmly placed in the man-made sphere of “masculinity.” Despite the evolution of civilization continuously proving that every woman or man has expressive human characteristics within both spheres, irrespective of sexual orientation/persuasion, biological or physiological sex. The only person who should have the undeniable authority to identify with human characteristics is each subjective human being alone. Biological sex at birth should continue to be documented and all sex-based rights upheld, but personal GENDER identification should be respected by EVERY human being as valid. NO ONE should encounter violence or abuse for self-expression. Biological girls/boys, men/women should always have had the right to express ALL of their innate human attributional expressions. The travesty is patriarchy used power, influence and dominance to dictate 2 unequal, illogical categories, creating injustice for everyone. There is now a dire need for humanity to END FOR GOOD the theft and misappropriation of basic naturally inherent expressive human qualities, traits and characteristics. Implementing my gender continuum of alignment would allow every human being total expression and inclusivity. Each person could proclaim a subjective ratio of gender identity which could be adapted at any point of each dynamic experiential lifespan, should the individual concerned have the need. Human existence could then be acknowledged by all, as the unique totally subjective lived experience that it undoubtably is. All children should be educated that masculine and feminine expressions will manifest in both sexes because these characteristics are and should always have been deemed human traits. This would continue to protect sex-based rights, while honouring and respecting the right of every person to subjectively extol a unique numerical ratio of personal gender identity, which could never be disputed or ridiculed by anyone else. Implementing my gender continuum of alignment provides every person with the mechanism to self-define and declare a personally held innate attachment to human characteristics wherever that may be between femininity and masculinity on the gender spectrum, irrespective of any other factor. The alternative is futile, continuing to rely on patriarchal stereotypes and linking these to anatomical structures can only lead to the proliferation and increase of mental health issues, dysphoria, suicide and self-harm for many individuals, also causing pain and misery for the families concerned. Inequalities, discrimination and prejudice will continue as long as the right of every human being to self-identify a gender ratio is curtailed. CONSCIOUS CONSCIENCE MY Universally adaptable gender continuum of alignment Numerical ratio of subjective gender self identification Femininity Masculinity 100% 50 0 50 100%
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New Blog - GENDER
My personal theory by Conscious Conscience GENDER its time to allow every human being to speak for themselves. How can it be done? It is sad to see people debating the subjective reality of other people. Surely self identification can only be validly created internally by each individual alone. Each attributional human expression is rooted in psychological, sociological, cultural, experiential, interaction resulting in the creation of a cumulative intrinsic sense of self. This can only be formed and adapted by individual cognitive neurological processing on a conscious and subconscious level. This will result in the individual forming an identity, which will express or reject characteristics on the basis of his or her lived reality or existence. It is impossible for 2 human beings to share one identity due to the dynamic nature of existence. That being the case, why has every single human being allowed others to set limits and boundaries on full individualized self expression? My theory is, this travesty was initiated and continues to be maintained through the creation of the fallacy that is FEMININITY and MASCULINITY. All qualities, attributes and characteristics should have belonged to every member of the human race. However a paternalistic, misogynistic power base had to push this gender narrative to achieve its agenda of dominance and control. This led to human beings continuously having to dispute each others ideas and beliefs in order to validate their own human right of INTRINSIC GENDER AFFILIATION and self identification. Back to basics, where did the dispute originate and why? Patriarchic, misogynistic societies have been responsible for this fallacy. They have had complete control within their communities/cultures to choose which particular human attributes they would covet as boys/men and also which less desirable, less powerful traits they would choose to assign to girls/women.They denounced ownership of the traits themselves, viewing them as a sign of weakness/passivity which could threaten mans abiliyty to domineer and control every civilization/culture. In order to dictate men had to have a way of differentiating between the sexes. The coining of the terms feminine and masculine ensured that this delineation could be infiltrated throughout the fabric of humanity. This paradigm became fixed as “absurdly naturally inherent” if born biologically a boy or a girl, by the process of social control, conditioning and imprinting by each generation to the next. The self expression of every individual human being could thus be policed through ludicrous indoctrination that feminine pertained to girls and masculine pertained inextricably to boys. By calling boys males and girls females. Thus falsely denoting an unquestionable link between femininity and masculinity to biological sex. Patriarchy and Matriarchy foolishly accepted this DEFAULT setting of the sexes. So the term GENDER and all of its gross inequalities and discrimination was born, despite this CONstruct only ever being made as a result of those that held power’s (MEN’s) opinions. It’s time to acknowledge that when boys or girls are born the creator has never conveniently tied a note to the umbilical cord detailing inherent characteristics dependent on anatomical appendages. As civilizations have evolved every aspect of human expression could forever more be cherry picked by the dominant patriarchy. In effect the misogynistic groups in powerhad created the sole ability to shape their own designedversion of what they would allow/prefer every girl/woman, boy/man to express or be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How absurd that someones opinion has been allowed to define the extrinsic reality and internal beliefs and expression of even one other human being, never mind every human being since. It is my belief that all of these attributes should never have been allowed to be segregated into these false headings. THIS IS WHERE INEQUALITY, PREJUDICE, SCAPEGOATING and DISCRIMINATION ORIGINATED FROM. Man developed a means to divide the sexes and in effect domineer and conquer in every field they should so choose, even till present day. As a result genuine subjective self expression/identification has never truly been an option for anyones free will. Hence the dilemma that has been created :- Feminists have made great stridesin thwarting gender limitations by in effect challenging the restrictive nature of girls and women’s full societal inclusion. LGBTQI networks have quite rightly fought for inclusive human rights for all members of humanity. Many heterosexual men are beginning to question toxic masculinity, misogyny and inequality. Heterosexual women have fought to break free from the preset false ideology of femininity. The only way to entrench full human inclusivity is to acknowledge that man created the CONstruct of GENDER with an agenda of power to maintain. We are now in the position whereby attributes, qualities and expressions have been WRONGLY categorized as femininity or masculinity for sooooo long society has been totally indoctrinated and infiltrated by these classifications. So how can we ever mitigate the damage caused to so many people, as a result of being pidgeonholed into one or the other of thede extreme paradigms. The definitions and categorization of feminine and masculine characteristics were instigated since the beginning of civilization, as society has evolved many more attributes continued to be appointed to femininity or masculinity. It is therefore difficult to extricate characteristics from one or the other groups/headings. Women have had a long hard fight through every era to reclaim many power based rights. The patriarchal placement of these attributes in the masculinity sphere can (and in an educated society) be acknowledged as a violation of human rights. Many men have also been co-erced into a way of being. Some are attempting to challenge misogyny and inequality by reclaiming the right to express inate sensitivity, compassion, empathy and many more of the more passive characteristics which patriarchy assigned to girls as “femininity”. These characteristics in both groups should be freely expressed by boys and girls. Until we accept and initiate the implementation of my “Humanistic universally adaptable “Dynamic Gender continuum of alignment” Which could be used for every human being, irrespective of any external factors, sexual orientation, anatomical biological genitalia, culture etc. Allowing the individual to self declare a cumulative position within this spectrum in regards to a self defined feminine/masculine numerical ratio eg F70% M30% = Inate Self Concept To disregard the characteristic inherent Dynamic Fluidity of Gender is to continue to violate all human rights of self expression on a global scale. Continuing to ignore that each unique psycho social interaction forms a schemata that will shape the individuals persona in different ways dependent on each individual’s perception of their lived reality. The psyche forms an attachment or association (identifies with) or rejects disassociates through intrinsic psychological and neurological mechanisms/processes very often on a subconscious level. Their should only be one humanitarian gender which each individual can validate the reality that they exist within. A numerical ratio enables everyone to self identify each of our unique blends irrespective of being born a boy or a girl. Each person could then accurately and truthfullyexpress the inate gender identity they associate with and no one could deny that right. We only need to appreciate an individuals need and desire to use pronouns because perhaps patriarchy hijacked half of the individuals inate characteristics. How can someone identify with only half of inate qualities. Perhaps we all should feel the need to use “they” or “them” all because of the Patriarchal creation of gender and the gross inequality that has continued to proliferate globally. Or maybe its fairer and more logical to accept that masculine and feminine characteristics should NEVER HAVE BEEN ALIGNED TO ANYONES GENITALIA Perhaps the soul/essence of every human being was never intended to have any gender restrictions /advantages. The implementation of my theoretical humanitarian universally adaptable gender continuum of alignment allows every single human being to express a ratio of affinity/attachment to masculinity and/or femininity throughout the lifespan. This would respect self identification and promote variability and inclusivity for all. Being born a girl or a boy biologically would continue to denote birth sex. My gender continuum of alignment ratio would provide a dynamic fluid means throughout the lifespan to self define and express each unique individual’s self concept in all of it’s variability. Girls could grow into the woman they were always meant to be as they would able to declare their own blend in relation to the intrinsic affinity they held towards masculine and feminine characteristics. Boys could grow into the man they were always meant to naturally be by declaring the ratio of their own blend in regards to the intrinsic affinity they held towards both sets of characteristics. Then we could respect the right of each person to be able to define the essence of themselves My Humanitarian Dynamic Universally Adaptable Gender Continuum of Alignment Feminine Masculine 100 0 100 The benefits both to humanity and society should not be underestimated or we could continue to let the opinion of someone else define each one of us The essence of
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Conscious Conscience
Friday 12th July 2019
To whom it may concern:
I enclose a copy of a letter I sent to EVA services, the first minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Navigator Service and Mayim Bialik beginning in October 2017. This follows my own journey through abuse and PTSD, however my focus has been continual reflection on my experiences, in an effort to personally bring about some fundamental societal change. However I believe it is of the utmost importance that this is brought to your attention if social justice is to be maintained, not merely on a national but a global capacity by all individuals and organizations. All inequalities and abuse threaten the very fundamental fabric of any civilized society. Please bare with me in reading my lengthy personal opinions and recommendations. I will now go on to document my previous ongoing correspondence as I feel very strongly and passionately that we all have a humanitarian duty to instigate change no matter how small that may be. IT IS TIME TO ASK YOURSELF – WHAT CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGE! 1st Letter Written on 9th of October 2017 Dear Nicola, Mayim Bialik & #MeToo & Navigators. I Hope you don’t mind me writing to you, I realize how hectic your daily schedule must be. However, I believe it is of the utmost importance that this is brought to your attention if social justice is to be maintained. Clearly past legislature from other political bodies has failed to learn any valuable lessons nor disseminate any useful knowledge gained between all concerned relevant bodies and has therefore negated to protect society as a whole. This is evident on a daily basis, with cases of the abuse of trust and power coming to light in many instances after decades and decades of historical abuse. I am currently a staff nurse with 15 years of experience in the acute setting mainly trauma and head injuries as well as general medicine. Since 2010, I have experienced 3 nervous breakdowns which I had attributed to severe anxiety and depression. This current episode has finally enabled me to clearly see and understand the root cause of my problems. EVA Services in Coatshill hospital has been an invaluable source of support to me in dealingwith my PTSD. Jane’s knowledge and skills have been paramount for me to be able to identify psychological and behavioural coping mechanisms I have unknowingly adopted for the past 40 years. EVA has a dedicated psychological counselling service which provides a timely additional resource if required in house.
A very important factor given the great sensitivity of these cases, not to mention the severity of PTSD symptoms and the grave adverse effects this has on the individual and society as a whole.
As I am a nurse, I am fully aware of the value of reflection on practice to avoid a task orientated approach which is very often ineffective and depletes reserves of limited resources. I have been informed by Jane that the EVA Service is being made defunct from November, a great travesty, as this service plays a vital role in being an educational advocate for people experiencing these distressing circumstances as a direct result of exploitation, violence or abuse. I have recently listened to the actress Mayim Bialik’s podcast relating to the ongoing proliferation of these incidents. I have concluded that for more than 40 years +, we as a society have and continue to neglect our duty of care to each other and ourselves. My own experiences have only highlighted the many factors that come in to play which enables these situations to be effectively carried out time and time again. Despite the efforts made to prevent re-occurrence. It is highly evident that a different approach requires to be taken if we are to effectively learn from past experiences.
The Scottish Government has worked intensely to rectify many of the unjust imbalances of power within society as a whole, despite continued monetary constraints from the Westminster allocated budget e.g. NHS prescriptions, care charges, tuition fees and investment in society which will benefit everyone living in Scotland. The commitment to the future of our young people is unquestionable, a new passion and fervor for change was clearly evident throughout the approach to the independence referendum. Indeed, I have been fortunate to have personally witnessed the impact that the new Navigator service has had directing many individuals (who had been existing in chaotic lifestyles) towards life choices which they believed were previously unobtainable to them. The recent #MeToo movement only emphasizes the continued prevalence of this phenomenon within the global community as a whole.
Periodic examinations and debate will continue to occur as they have done before, whenever the occasion arises. More funding will be “Squandered” focusing only on trying to mitigate the devastating effects these experiences have on both individuals and society. The fragmentation of community and the eagerness of many to exist and experience life through an increasingly virtual reality, only serves to isolate and divide human beings physically and socially. In effect the world will continue to voice condemnation and disgust when the need arises. In short shutting the stable after the horse has bolted. My experiences, (through extensive reflection), have only made me more aware of how ignorant we truly are regarding these matters, this ignorance only serves to perpetuate the manipulation, disempowerment and abuse of others, whilst providing warped justification for the behavior of many through victim blaming. Our refusal to accept the inherent flaws within every individual human being, which given the correct circumstances, will manifest in the abuse of the vulnerability of others. The World Health Organization’s definition of health details the areas which have the power to influence the individual’s health and beliefs and in turn their behavior for better or worse, “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1948).
It can therefore be asserted that educational, economical, physiological, cultural, spiritual, environmental, social, political and psychological circumstances/perceptions will shape the individual’s viewpoint and their reality at any given moment. Perhaps justification for their choice of behavior at that given point. However, it is imperative that there is an appreciation and acknowledgement of the dynamic nature of being able to justify our choices.
The acquisition of ongoing knowledge enables people to make a more informed choice regarding the consequences of a particular behavior in comparison to previous misconceptions. The EVA service had been funded by lottery cash, the people involved within this organization have a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained through counselling and dealing with many people devastated by violence and abuse. The Navigator Service has been quite rightly extended to other areas due to the success they have had guiding people away from a life of violence/crime and addiction. Yet stopping the EVA service will prevent many victims of crime/abuse from continuing to be active functional members of society through no fault of their own. Many will have to endure a very lengthy period trying to deal with the symptoms of PTSD whilst waiting for mainstream psychological input. There should be permanent dedicated Navigator and EVA services addressing both ends of the spectrum perpetrators and victims only then can be appreciate the factors which manage to manipulate/shape behaviors and identify the factors which serve to explain/excuse these behaviors.
Until we do educate society this will sadly continue to occur. Far from stopping funding for the EVA service, both should work in conjunction with each other to learn invaluable lessons so that our claim as a “civilized society can in fact be justifiably extolled globally”. Both services should be intrinsic within schools and community centers, to instill valuable lessons and knowledge into the heart of society, this is the only option to ensure change in perceptions because only this change can protect all of our sons and daughters from exploitation of their vulnerability and naivety, manipulating them into perpetrators or enabling them to become victims i.e. train the horses while they are still in the stable. I can only relate my theoretical knowledge gained as a nurse to these types of experiences, in an effort to perhaps make some valid recommendations which might hopefully instigate a small foundation of societal change. Being in a position to personally evaluate what assists or what hinders someone living through this type of phenomenon. Rather than focusing on the who, what , when and where of my experiences, instead assessing what enables these types of situations to be repeatedly carried out. Hopefully learning valuable lessons which can shape our understanding of how to thwart the levels of re-occurrence in the future.
Worth Further Research/Questioning More of My Personal Thoughts For instance, MASLOWS hierarchy of needs, the main goal being self-actualization which results in being able to harmoniously exist and satisfactorily function within society, with a high level of self-esteem, perception, health and well-being. However, being able to attain this goal relies on many factors, many of which are out with the individual’s control. For example, Roper, Logan and Tierney’s theoretical framework comes to mind, whatever position the person is placed in the lifespan, or dependence/ independence continuum will determine how effectively they are able to maintain and satisfy their activities of daily living adequately. Again economical, political, educational, psychological, social, physical, spiritual and environmental circumstance will all impinge upon life choices available to each individual. It is too simplistic to assume that deprivation in any sphere will result in negative behaviour. The persons sense of self-worth or contentment with their level of self-actualization, (or lack), will inevitably shape their behavior for good or bad, in the quest for additional power.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is another fascinating concept which explains how traumatic experiences can be stored on an emotional level, in the subconscious (primitive brain) having bypassed the evolved rational part of the brain responsible for executive functioning, because of this there is no associative narrative nor descriptive memory of the incident, only the feelings associated with the trauma. In effect the individual dissociates. Other examples of this are being hypnotized, when dissociated, the person can walk talk and physically follow instructions, but has no memory narrative of the experiences occurring. The same can be seen in hypnotherapy. The power of suggestion works in the same way, one only needs to look at the influence of the media on public perceptions and behavior. In addition, how much revenue does advertising (developed by psychologists) accumulate? Surely you can’t make someone do something they don’t want to ? Well how does that work with treating phobias – enabling through suggestion, within a short period of time, the person to conquer their greatest long held fears. Many phobias are very often of an inexplicable cause to the person affected. Perhaps they developed in early childhood prior to the child’s executive functioning part of the brain being mature enough to rationalize a narrative, as the language centre of the brain had still to learn how to verbalize. Or when speech had sufficiently developed was there an episode of distress/trauma whereby the child had dissociated. Interestingly many young children speak in the 3rd party a trait of an adult dissociating. Therefore, we should all be aware that there is in fact a widely known scientific based rationale why on individual may have no awareness/recollection of events they have experienced on a succession of episodes due to dissociation. Perhaps before they are judged, or victim blamed this fact should be taken into consideration. Given the number of cases which have been highlighted throughout the decades and the total amount of people involved, we cannot continue to classify perpetrators as highly unusual/strange monsters, these are in fact anyone given the right circumstances or indoctrination. That being the case why does society allow its youth to be indoctrinated into believing displaying this type of behavior is acceptable? Why can someone work within trauma receiving without understanding the concept of dissociation related to “PTSD”? Why are high school pupils not forewarned educated about being aware of when they might be or friends of theirs might be in the process of being manipulated into a particular way of thinking? And why don’t they have an intrinsic support network they can consult for advice ? EVA? Navigators?
The consequences of choosing to exploit, violate or abuse another individual should be regularly made known through rehabilitated offenders. The devastation caused to victims and their families should be graphically discussed regularly. An empathy for the welfare of others should be nurtured through a humanistic approach. The EVA service, Navigators, Rape crisis and Moira Anderson Foundation should be extended internationally/globally! Maybe its time society put its money where its mouth is and donated funds to ensure the infinite viability and growth of these services. If not, society should hang its head in shame on a regular basis when these devastating experiences continue to occur. Dr Elaine Carr and Jane are passionate about the work that they do to the extent if Jane had won the lottery she said she would endeavor to find a suitable building to rent and try and continue to operate the service from there. Jane is now to be redeployed into an IT Post!!! Gender stereotyping needs to be challenged. People who have benefitted from the input of these invaluable services should be used as positive role models to educate young people PRIOR to them finding themselves faced with the decision of how they would behave, empowering them to make, hopefully the correct justifiable choice before it is too late. Please give generously to these invaluable services in order to prevent what happened to previous generations continue to happen to those you love and care about. Leave that as OUR LEGACY Focus on a holistic approach. Without acting to change perceptions we FAIL ourselves and every other human being in the PAST PRESENT and FUTURE. We will all merely serve to satisfy and encourage the salivation of the grapevine in our complicity and inaction to protect the vulnerability of others. The proliferation of this phenomena is happening and will continue to occur in our refusal to acknowledge the FLAWED nature of the human psyche. We can therefore continue to focus on gender stereotypes which can only perpetuate sadly division and victim blaming in effect re-enforce these negative false beliefs and stereotypes. The masculinity or femininity of the individuals involved should not be held as the focus of why these instances occur. Indoctrination of the developing psyches vulnerability shapes the individual’s belief system and serves for them to justify their decision-making process. People cannot be educated unless it is through a holistic perception acknowledging their lived existence and the factors which influence it. However, the implementation of these services, at the earliest developmental stage for children would provide a foundation which would nurture empathy and understanding of the gross inequalities within society. Highlighting the consequence of actions fosters foresight. Education enables informed decision making and the Navigator emphasizes the individual’s power to enhance their circumstances by guiding them to available resources which can only optimize theirs and in affect others quality of living.
Social inclusion should appreciate diversity and multi-culturalism, the encouragement of displaying ( and acting upon) concern for our fellow human beings should be nurtured at an early age. Peer pressure should be used to condemn/educate young people that no matter how small, it is never justifiable to abuse/violate the vulnerability of others in attempt to gain “power”. Materialism should be substituted by humanism. Group norms should be encouraged to question, reverse and stand up to inequalities.
Only then can every individual truly empower themselves in their journey to self-actualization irrespective of circumstances they may live in. A worthy sense of self is all that can create self-satisfaction prevent victimization and create a civilized just, human society for all to enjoy. NHS Lanarkshire Ending Violence and Abuse (EVA) services commissioned a Scottish company, media co-op.net to develop an animation to explain to professionals!!! The impact trauma experiences have on the brain and how this affects memory. This company specializes in social and health messages. They quite rightly won the Royal Television Society Scotland Animation Award 2016 and also the Herald Digital Award 2016. Why is this animation not globally promoted regularly in the media?
Why have we neglected to incorporate these services to instill this factual information throughout every educational facility to ensure all children are aware of the natural psychological and physiological human response to trauma and abuse? As a society we have failed to inform and educate our children and teenagers. We have left them unprepared to make an informed choice regarding whether a certain behavior would be justifiable or not, nor have we emphasized the dire consequences of such actions or traumatic events upon those who enact or experience this phenomenon. It is highly important that victims have a solid established support network available to help them deal with the aftermath of current/historic abuse. A new service has been conceptualized by NHS Lanarkshire named Gender Based Violence (GBV). This is a much-needed service given the abuse and gender inequalities within society. A major problem affecting many. HOWEVER, this should not be at the expense of losing the EVA Service. Exploitation, violence and abuse does not occur merely as a result of gender inequalities. As can be seen in recent news we can NO LONGER only concentrate on dealing with the aftermath of these situations when they arise or come to light. Always after analysis, close scrutiny and resulting in widespread anger and condemnation and ? Ongoing disbelief!! Every human being at some point in their lives has contributed to maintaining this paradigm, weather consciously or subconsciously. We have and continued to unwittingly ignore the root causes which aid and abet these situations. Given the complexities involved this has to concentrate throughout the ongoing developmental stages of each individual human psyche, irrespective of any other factors. Cultural perceptions and social norms can only be changed by influencing and educating on a subconscious level. The only way to achieve this to ensure that these services are implemented, or we continue to allow others to easily access and negatively indoctrinate our children’s limbic and reptilian primitive brains into actions or decisions they may regret forever. ANYONE who has a shred of humanitarian value has a duty to ensure a basic foundation of knowledge and education is provided within our culture for our children and in effect all future adults. Jane can be contacted : EVA Psychological Services She at the moment has been redeployed to an IT Post. Assist her to achieve her passionate ambition to save and protect the future of this service not only for her but for us, our children and all our future generations. Thank You Continuation of previous further correspondence to Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik & #MeToo. I thought I would send you a further instalment of my personal views on why abuse is rife and continues throughout history! Linking my experiences and any theoretical ideas about WHAT HAS TO CHANGE if this is to stop. We continue to concentrate on each individual case separately, a lot more could be learned by combining everything together to come to relevant conclusions. This is the only way to educate ourselves if we are honest then we could see that initially people are manipulated in a certain mindset until they are mature enough to oppose these beliefs as being wrong. Until that pint the belief system is based on stereotypes, scapegoats, prejudice and discrimination.
The EVA service, Navigators, rape crisis and Moira Anderson Foundation should all work in liaison disseminating these findings which are needed to help shape ALL of societies knowledge and education. These types of abuse are evident in every sphere of society. There are NO differentiations irrespective of education, cultural, monetary or spiritual circumstances of victims or perpetrators. This abuse occurs in every society/institution or groups where people amass, it is impossible for teenagers or children to share the same just viewpoint of adults, if everybody thought back to their developmental years, they can acknowledge the extreme difference in their personal perceptions. Yet we expect that as we become more mature our choices and beliefs will “naturally” become more just and wiser. This can only happen through lived experience and knowledge. Teenagers are not in a position to acquire lived experience nor have they accumulated the knowledge required which would change their belief system until they are much older. This is why it is imperative to educate the formation of the developing psyche at the earliest opportunity in every case. That way all inequalities in society could be addressed and would prevent the normalization of cruel behavior towards others. It would also foster personal responsibility in regard to life choices and perhaps reduce levels of suicide. Thank You Continued thoughts and ideas thought provoking issues for International Women’s Day! There are many circumstances/factors which serve to question the validity of what victims describe and whether this is deemed absurd or the truth by others. This, due to a lack of education/knowledge leads to the inevitability that there is extreme difficulty in believing what happened to the victim being possible. Isn’t it strange that the ongoing victims’ cases which are brought to light share many questionable discrepancies? The people very often appear to have been living a relatively “normal” life for long periods of time between/during the incidents occurring and them actually becoming aware of the abuse at all.
Disturbing flashbacks are triggered. The individual has NO logical context in which to place these experiences, there appears to be NO narrative/ explanations to justify them occurring at all. There Is NO relevant circumstances surrounding why the situation should in any way have naturally arisen or progressed. The persons memory remains fragmented they are unable to remember many factors surrounding the images adequately, no matter how hard they try. They experience ongoing anxiety, an extremely heightened startle response they exist day to day in a hyper-alert state. They begin to isolate themselves, stop socializing and become increasingly distrustful of others. Post traumatic stress disorder and dissociation have been theoretically proven to explain all of the above. Just world theory, poor attachment and an inability to self soothe make it more probable that the person will go on to develop ongoing episodes of dissociation as a coping mechanism to their traumatic experiences. Whilst they find it natural to empathize with the plight of others and view it as their responsibility to help and care for people, they have learned through experience that NO ONE is obligated to meet their own needs. They might develop a type of self-preservation, viewing themselves as being strong enough to tackle whatever may be required at any given moment for themselves or others needs. At the same time, they have developed the ability to remain emotionally numb, a barrier prevents them from having to deal with the aftermath of emotions brought about by poor treatment by others. Never having given any consideration to their needs being met or acknowledged makes it difficult to identify choices or preferences or any defined lack of fulfillment. The person may have difficulty prioritizing or making a subjective choice. The accumulation of possessions can lead to hoarding as a coping mechanism. This only complicates matters by creating a chaotic environment, impossible to manage or organize, this goes on to feed feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem and perpetuates the cycle. So, it can be concluded that ALL human beings have an inherent physiological and psychological safety mechanism, which effectively if traumatized enough will trip the full system into shutdown of the consciousness and only let the subconscious experience this and future disturbing and emotive experiences. In so doing attempting to protect the conscious realization that these disturbing experiences have ever taken place. Its about time that psychologists, neurologists, sociologists, the medical and healthcare professions, educationalists, and all governmental bodies NETWORK and communicate their research findings related to this phenomenon in order to pool the collective individually disseminated rationales. Each of these spheres when brought together can scientifically prove that anyone having experienced these types of experiences would indeed display these bizarre types of responses.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
The human race has developed its knowledge base throughout time and evolution, resulting in an extremely broad and diverse foundation of educational knowledge. This has resulted in growth and expansion of the cerebral hemispheres ( executive functioning, decision making). It can be deduced that the primitive limbic system is the origin of the safety shutdown mechanism. Therefore, this has always been the case since the inception of people’s brains. It is absurd to think that when primitive people experienced extreme traumatic events and this mechanism triggered that NO ONE within the vicinity would learn that it affected the ability of the traumatized individual to recount their experiences or that none of their adversaries would capitalize on this human vulnerability for their own ends. Maybe NO ONE has noticed yet! Research – primitive brain, anatomy and function of the limbic system, neurological changes in the brain – anxiety, depression, trauma, cerebral anatomy & function -> executive functioning memory –dissociation – PTSD – familiarity + emotions ie Attachment ? provides context has this knowledge only had exclusivity to certain individuals or groups throughout the ages, initially this would give power to a mainly paternalistic society ( hmmm ! ) Given society’s indoctrinated acceptable gender stereotypes which are still encouraged globally: i.e. – nice girls and what denotes bad girls/boys. Trauma and abuse very often result in the development of PTSD. The dissociative characteristics of the limbic system enable the person to have these traumatic experiences without conscious knowledge or recollection. That being the case this means whether the victim was Mother Theresa or Mary Magdalene initially the outcome would be the same and the person would remain oblivious – in effect the individual does not require to be completely incapacitated by drugs/sedatives each time. Perhaps society needs to acknowledge that the subconscious has never been related to being literally unconscious. Therefore, being outside of conscious awareness, without occurring with any plausible naturally occurring context/relationship, the individual is carrying out behavior in an automatron capacity which invalidates any consensual agreement. Therefore, seeing can never be deemed believing. All of these factors give false credence to any claims that these experiences “were between consenting individuals/groups despite any appearances to the contrary. So this means “Good girls” have no control of being manipulated into stereotypical bad girls with no subjective awareness/narrative. This means one individuals’ actions/reputation has always been able to be artificially manufactured/shaped and directed outwith the conscious control of that person. The initiation and perpetuation of gender stereotypes enables society to excuse abuse and in effect try to justify the actions of many through the ages through pathetic victim blaming. The legal system needs changed! Why is reputation a relevant factor to character? This makes the individuals reputation irrelevant to the facts of the situation occurring as claimed, no matter any apparent absurdity. The judicial system, society, the media, educational facilities in fact every sphere imaginable has upheld these false mythical beliefs and stereotypes. Salivating whilst falsely condemning others. IT makes you question exactly WHAT was previously passed from fathers to sons; during the birds and the bees talk! Phrases like “boys will be boys” or “boys can’t help themselves” etc. “sowing your wild oats”, “Gagging for it”. The Presidents Club fiasco shows ALL of the concepts of previous brain washing being displayed openly. WHY would it detail a pre-selected dress code down to “Heels matching black panties”? WHAT about all of the men only organizations/establishments who continue to oppose female membership – WONDER WHY?! Perhaps if the girls had been wearing nuns habits it would have been more difficult for members of this club to excuse their behavior as “boys being boys” not being able to help themselves as these “Bad girls were tempting them with their provocative dress, (stereotypical beliefs have often come in handy). For e.g. “Offered on a plate and gagging for it” I am sure cropped up a lot in family conversations following media speculation. The truth is maintaining these stereotypes has allowed the truth to be hidden in plain sight for many decades. It perhaps explains many fathers’ anxieties when raising a teenage daughter. It is also more understandable why previous generations required a “Courting Couple” to be chaperoned by the girl’s family. I’m sure many of the members of the president’s clubs’ partners have defended their men from the behavior of these “Loose Women”. Perhaps the dress code was requested so the men could really test their upstanding resolve! Whilst these facts can all be scientifically substantiated, they alone should not be believed to be true in every case. However, what this knowledge should allow is victims to be able to present their experiences without being victimized, labelled, stereotyped, prejudged and discriminated against, every time an allegation is made. Instead disseminating this knowledge at the earliest opportunity makes the public aware of the natural consequences physiologically to traumatic events. Dissociation can explain how these experiences can occur repeatedly without any conscious knowledge or awareness. More research should be concentrated on the study and function of the limbic system in regard to attachment and familiarity, emotional bonding and contextual relationships _ ? association (as seen in advertising). Dissociation – also seen in hypnosis, traumatic events, repetitive actions e.g. driving on the motorway with no memory of the journey on reaching the destination. Hypnotherapy – pain management, operations, addictions and phobias etc. All of these natural occurrences to many factors all resulting in some extent of dissociation from consciousness. Another point worth noting is the success of several modalities which again focus on accessing the subconscious, eye movement desensitization reprogramming – tapping. Reiki energy field clearing –tapping. The treatment of phobias and addictions through the use of tapping techniques which have resulted in students improving self-esteem and performance marks as well as behaviour. The capacity of the limbic system has been highly underestimated. This powerful emotional store house controls and edits our perceptions of our reality very often creating anxiety and depression which has shown on images to affect the neurological structure of the brain.
SOCIETY it appears has helped maintain and been victim of the most devious cunning plan since the inception of human kind, and despite the massive expansion of our cerebral hemispheres, we still haven’t educated ourselves about our natural physiology and neurology. This ignorance is what has enabled this to continue because we refuse to believe the bizarre symptoms and recollections we repeatedly see in these cases and prefer to blame the victims because all the MAN-MADE STEREOTYPES SHOW that they must have DESERVED or ASKED FOR IT. Then years later society is proved wrong again and again. Yet we still don’t educate our children about the facts, but they will find out eventually. Will they educate their children before it’s too late? The ongoing encouragement and maintenance of stereotypical discrimination only serves to provide scapegoats time and time again. Objectification and depersonalization of those who are vulnerable is a PLOY to provide the perpetrators with some false sense of warped justification for their actions and serves to continue to repeatedly dehumanize society in every case. Until we examine question and change our unequal misconceived man-made gender stereotypes from the earliest developmental stages, NOTHNG can change. We need to educate our children to always view each other as first and foremost human beings. Males and females should always be respected equally. All human rights should be upheld irrespective of gender. All human beings have naturally variable libidos throughout their lifespans and whether male or female this fact should be respected as the individual’s right and choice. Their gender has NO RELEVANCE and never has. Prejudice and discrimination continuing can only result in the proliferation of abuse globally. The expansion of the cerebral hemispheres has enabled humanity to develop each individual’s conscience, by providing the ability to reason prior to action by assessing consequences. However, we ignore the function of the limbic system to our own detriment. Prior to the ability to executively reason, we will have already subconsciously learned through nurture and socialization on a deep emotional level i.e. – attachments, association also learning through example, the dynamic of relationships. What role males and females are EXPECTED TO PLAY levels of power/status, gender stereotypes etc., self esteem and sense of self-worth and individual responsibility of others e.g. care giving. So the psychological brain washing will have shaped the persona on a subconscious level the media and further socialization only serves to IMPRINT these false belief systems. On reaching adulthood the discrimination becomes blatantly obvious/apparent. Society tries to rectify the imbalance through new legislation etc. The big mistake we continue to make is we neglect to change early sociological perceptions. So, in effect we have missed the boat. No matter how much, people want to rectify the gross injustices especially between males and females they will never succeed unless they concentrate on preventing indoctrination of the early sociological and psychological development of each child! Hence Weinstein, the presidents club and the numerous cases seen in politics and the media !!! Male or female NOBODY can argue that each and every one of us has not experienced or witnessed throughout the developmental years ( and far beyond), in most cases Presidents club, Hollywood, media, politics, economics, religion and more disturbing global society as a whole, in the objectification of women. Isn’t it rather telling that a large proportion of men revert to a sniggering juvenile adolescent stereotypical mentality when left to their own devices. Or would the exposing of genitalia have been justified in the presence of their female relatives. Would the dress code have been the same request if couples were invited to the event Hmm!! EVERY MALE AND FEMALE has contributed to belief systems which support or try to justify the continuation of abuse. Depersonalization and stereotypical viewpoints serve to justify pathetic behavior and WRONGLY placate the conscience that this treatment of another human being (irrespective of gender) is in some preposterous way acceptable. So, this occurs again and again There are many women adept at using angle grinders, vibroplates, whackers, handsaws etc. and there are many men who couldn’t so much as change a light bulb. Skills, lightbulbs, interests, occupations in fact every activity of daily living should never be extolled as gender specific as these outdated views/beliefs have only served to create division of the sexes by creating and upholding myths and stereotypes. Until we acknowledge that gender should play NO PART in defining the ability, choices, level of power/status of ANY individual, gross inequalities will persist in society. This will only foster abuse of those less fortunate “Weaker”. Respecting the rights of every human being as valid would help to create a fairer more just society. Abusing the perceived or assumed vulnerability of others, could then be seen for what it truly is a despicable attempt to gain “power”. Further correspondence to Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik & #METOO & Human Rights Commission Washington DC Some of my further personal ideas regarding the fluidity of gender in regard to inequalities and abuse. The human race has limited gender assignment to the mere physiological genitalia at birth. Mankind has ALWAYS had free reign to designate ALL human attributes as predominately “naturally” within one gender or another thereby attempting to Pidgeon hole human beings as being “Masculine or feminine”. WE HAVE FAILED to acknowledge the fluidity of each human beings’ personal predominant gender identification or affiliation. This is a HUMAN RIGHT from birth. It is time the SOCIAL CONSTRUCT of the concept of gender is scrutinized , challenged and changed. EVERY human being should be allowed to express the essence of their uniqueness on the GENDER CONTINUUM IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY OTHER FACTORS. So, while we continue to set FALSE RESPONSIBILITES/EXPECTATIONS on an individual based SOLELY on that persons PHYSICAL ANATOMY, we fail to appreciate the natural inherent unique attributes and qualities that make up the very ESSENCE AND SPIRIT OF EVERY HUMAN BEING. Perhaps gender should always have been viewed within a continuum of alignment for both boys & girls. e.g. MASCULINE|——–|FEMININE “Masculine” and “Feminine” based traits are present within every human to varying degrees. Early humans commenced the division. Primitive man could just as easily stayed in the cave looking after the children and let the women hunt and fish.(Maybe it wasn’t as appealing to him at the time) Societies proceeded to “advance” through the ages MEN CHOOSING which sphere should be seen as pertaining to males(high powered roles) and females domesticated subservient roles. Thus, ensuring that men had the power to shape the NORMS of any given society. These choices could not be challenged as power within education, politics, employment, trade and commerce, religious bodies, civil society in general and finance ALL depended on the VIEWPOINTS OF MEN. Thus, ensuring the continuation of power remained with them. The problem is MALES and FEMALES have been brainwashed into accepting a MALE VIEWPOINT of what the role and aspirations SHOULD NATURALLY BE if you are male or female. ANY divergence out with your designated gender role has always been questioned and vehemently ridiculed as abnormal and the individual has been shunned, punished or shamed to the current day. IT IS TIME we valued each individual. Human beings’ position within the GENDER SPECTRUM as we have witnessed the societal benefits gained as a result, throughout history. Men have proven that they can effectively raise and nurture children, show immense sensitivity empathy and compassion. Appreciate beauty and convey this ability to others. They have been responsible for the creation of many beautiful pieces of art and literature which touch the hearts of many. Women are equally adept at the above. However, some women feel no maternal/nurturing instincts, and many have shown their desire and attainment of power, wealth and influence has been achievable despite the barriers. There are many sensitive and caring little boys, as there are many argumentative boisterous “tomboy” girls who have always shown keen competitiveness. Think how many more there might have been if society had acknowledged and appreciated GENDER DIVERSITY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL rather than forcing attributes, qualities, preferences, skills opportunities to reside solely with ANATOMICALLY EVIDENT boys or girls. Humankind has adopted these stereotypes as being the ideal “NATURAL” order of things. However, everyone forgets these norms were FORMED , DEFINED and continue to be MAINTAINED by those in power (MEN). If gender identification of the individual is indeed placed upon a LINEAR CONTINUUM think of the mental health issues created due to ignorance of this possibility. STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS Females – Nurturers, Care Givers, Passivity, Non-Confrontational, Non-Aggressive, Non-Competitive, Weaker, Needing Support and Protection, Dainty, Feminine, Less Intellectually Able, Neurotic, Emotional, Hormonal, Menopausal, Post-Natal, Pregnant, Irrational Mood Swings. Males – Strong, Aggressive, Competitive, Difficult/Unable to Control behaviour due to Desire, High Libido, Breadwinner, Protector, Goal and Power Orientated, Non-Domesticated, Need Cared For, Main Provider, Responsible for All Heavy MANual Labour ALL of these attributes have been WRONGLY associated with men or women and every society has worked extremely hard at encouraging and maintain these FALSE HYPOTHESES from cradle to grave. There is no longer a dire need for men to be the provider, like the hunter gatherers. Nor the main bread winner. Cooking a Sunday meal, styling his little girls’ hair, or crying at a film, WILL NOT lead to emasculation. There is no longer a need for women to be solely responsible for nurturing babies. Nor is there a need for a female to stay at home and disregard participation in Law, Finance, Education or Politics if she wishes for fear of her LITTLE BRAIN being overwhelmed to the point of destruction. Its time society allowed ALL human beings to openly define their position within the gender spectrum/continuum by being allowed to express their inherent attributes. IRRESPECTIVE of anatomy, physiology, sexual orientation NOR any other persons VIEWPOINT of FALSE STEREOTYPICAL IDEOLOGIES. Surely this should ALWAYS have been a HUMAN RIGHT. Women entering the workplace can only encourage change hopefully WITHOUT it being seen as TOKENISM. Men who remain at home to raise, nurture and care for their children should be encouraged for opposing society’s FORCED discriminatory stereotypes ALL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE MANIPULATED into believing PERCIEVED GENDER ROLES which seek to limit an individual’s qualities, life choices and attributes, but ENSURE we do NOT assign any one attribute to be solely male or female oriented. Women have continuously had to fight MAN MADE barriers which were put in place to ensure that the domination and power of men could not be challenged. In effect this ensured MOST WOMEN would REMAIN within their DEFINED “FEMALE” ROLE by believing and not challenging the status quo of the pre-set boundaries men initially created. Feminism should not be viewed as an effort to emasculate men; just as new age men should not be viewed as effeminate and antagonistic to a “man’s man persona”. They are in effect efforts to reclaim the right to express the essence of the diversity in each individual human being wherever that may be on the gender continuum without prejudice or discrimination Male or Female people should ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED to develop into THE PERSON THEY WERE INTENDED TO BECOME. The theoretical idea of a gender continuum would appreciate the DYNAMIC NATURE OF EVERY PERSONA throughout each individual’s lifespan with regards to EVERY ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING OR EXPRESSION. Due to the complexity of human beings the position which is held on the continuum would depend on WHAT ATTRIBUTE WAS BEING EXPRESSED at any given time. An appreciation of the effects of nature and nurture on lived experience would further highlight the UNIQUENESS of each individual’s placement in regard to each separate attribute being expressed. GENITALIA & SEXUAL PERSUASION should be IRRELEVANT when any human being to expressing the essence of who they are. The NATURAL ORDER of things should always have been FREEDOM of each individual’s expression. Educators need to TEACH and PROMOTE this at the earliest psychological and sociological opportunity if societal culture is to change for the better. FAIR distribution of power and opportunity was meant for ALL HUMAN BEINGS, greedy power-hungry MANIPULATORS FED OTHERS IN SOCIETY LIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE would be maintained by fostering stereotypical viewpoints that females were naturally subservient, dependent and weak. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED As women have shown their strength in all spheres of society and continue to do so. Men should be encouraged to be sensitive, compassionate and empathic. HAD A GENDER CONTINUUM BEEN CONSIDERED AT THE BEGINNING then it would have been IMPOSSIBLE TO DISPUTE. THE BALANCE OF POWER SHOULD BE SHARED as each individual possessed “masculine” and “feminine” traits to varying degrees. Neither chromosomes nor anatomy promote strength or weakness. MEN initially were responsible in PUTTING VALUE ON CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES and DENOTING WEAKNESS TO OTHER ATTRIBUTES. MEN then COVENTED THOSE THAT THEY VALUED, (led to power), and women were TAUGHT that the role women “instinctually” should adopt is that of carer, nurturer etc. Had men not been allowed to choose their “Masculine” attributes, the label would never have existed. All these labels have created, is division of the Sexes. The creator did not package newborn babies with a list of pertinent attributes attached to their umbilical cord’s dependent on whether male or female. That is how absurd man is to make assumptions based on the need for a control and power grab. SOCIAL COMPLIANCE WAS THEN ENSURED through law, government, power, wealth, peer pressure and gender stereotypes. MEN CREATED GENDER STEREOTYPES and division of the sexes in order to dominate and control. They indoctrinated all of society to believe these false discriminatory ideologies. SOCIETY CONTINUES TO UPHOLD THESE MYTHS This only maintains prejudice discrimination and inequalities GENDER and its inherent division SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXISTED. Babies when born should be termed boys in reference to their genitalia and girls in reference to their anatomy.
HOWEVER - : If we are to care for others holistically with a humanistic approach. EVERY HUMAN BEING whether boy or girl SHOULD HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS UPHELD by being able to express the ESSENCE of their individuality concerning qualities and attributes. The UNIVERSAL nature of the GENDER CONTINUUM ENABLES HUMANITY TO EVOLVE NATURALLY INTO WHAT IT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT FORCED LIMITATONS OR SOCIETAL RIDICULE OR SCRUTINY. Boys and girls have only ONE life to be who they were born to be, then abuse might stop finally. All of these topics if not addressed can only increase ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. The proliferation of ACEs is undeniable, the COST on a MICRO and GLOBALLY MACRO SCALE TO SOCIETY is UNQUANTIFIABLE. Every single one of us in the present and future have a HUMANITARIAN OBLIGATION to rectify this injustice NOW. We all need to adopt a conscious conscience by substituting materialism with humanism, nurturing a holistic, compassionate, empathic world where we seek to alleviate the distress or assist with the welfare of others, instead of seeking to take the power from people, to boost our own sense of importance/ego when it actually has the OPPOSITE effect. PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE, PEER PRESSURE,BULLYING, IGNORANCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, GENDER STEREOTYPES, OBJECTIFICATION, DEPERSONALIZATION, MYSOGYNY/SELF ENTITLEMENT,VICARIOUS LEARNING, POOR ATTACHMENT, INABILITY TO SELF SOOTHE, MATERIALISM/GREED, FRAGMENTATION OF COMMUNITY, NO SENSE OF PURPOSE /CONTROL, ALL INEQUALITIES INITIATE AND PERPETUATE ADVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY, Imagine a just and fair society where women could display as many or as little “masculine traits” as were NATURALLY developing within them. Or the sensitive nurturing empathic boy was able to openly be himself without ridicule from his peers. Where a woman could stay at home as main carer without the dynamic goal orientated working woman calling her lazy. While the woman who is a carer views her as a “poor mother”, or the stay at home father being viewed by his peers as “Henpecked” and “Under the Thumb”. What about ALL the young men attending A&E with injuries sustained when trying to prove their dominant masculinity? Through displaying violence and aggression
How many girls sacrificed their career and prospects to be “Stereotypical” stay at home mums in order to placate acceptable societal norms. Imagine if the CONTINUUM HAD EXISTED: MASCULINEFEMININE TRAITSTRAITS ß—————————–Boys and girls Life Span ——————-à
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GENDER FLUIDITY
I have spent years of in depth, difficult reflection, mainly in an effort to analyse what enables the proliferation of these instances globally,
As a result of this I have gained the ability to raise many questions which require to be fully researched and answered if change is to occur.
Also as a result of this reflection I have gained a depth of understanding about many of the factors which link to the initiation and perpetuation of this phenomena.
I have related all of this theory in an effort to consider the interaction of theoretical concepts to subjective experiential experiences.
As a result of my personal views and ideas, I attempted to arrive at some recommendations which perhaps could instigate societal understanding which hopefully can lead to change.
I sent letters throughout my journey to the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik, the Human Rights Commission, the Care Commission, Navigator and EVA services and the Moira Anderson Foundation, which chronologically detailed my personal opinions and views.
I recommended many changes which require to be integrated throughout society (in my opinion).
By linking my experiences to the theory related to CSA, ACEs, physiology, psychology, sociology, brain anatomy, human development, human behaviour and gender stereotypes etc.
Thus I have tried to provide some scientific based rationales to support my personal findings.
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I have come to the conclusion that:-
It is time to adopt a #consciousconscience mentality globally to change societal ‘norms’ for the betterment of any future civilised humanity and accept the FACT that the man made CONstruct and CONcept of gender only sought to limit and confine the true SOUL, SPIRIT and ESSENCE of every single one of us in the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE.
Has this always been a CUNNING PLAN Hmmmm!
We need a gender continuum of alignment in society GLOBALLY.
male traits————-life span——————female traits
GENDER CONTINUUM OF ALIGNMENT
masculine traits boys and girls feminine traits
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life span
THE FLUIDITY OF GENDER
A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT NATURALLY INHERENT WITHIN
EVERY INDIVIDUAL
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New Blog - GENDER
My personal theory by Conscious Conscience GENDER its time to allow every human being to speak for themselves. How can it be done? It is sad to see people debating the subjective reality of other people. Surely self identification can only be validly created internally by each individual alone. Each attributional human expression is rooted in psychological, sociological, cultural, experiential, interaction resulting in the creation of a cumulative intrinsic sense of self. This can only be formed and adapted by individual cognitive neurological processing on a conscious and subconscious level. This will result in the individual forming an identity, which will express or reject characteristics on the basis of his or her lived reality or existence. It is impossible for 2 human beings to share one identity due to the dynamic nature of existence. That being the case, why has every single human being allowed others to set limits and boundaries on full individualized self expression? My theory is, this travesty was initiated and continues to be maintained through the creation of the fallacy that is FEMININITY and MASCULINITY. All qualities, attributes and characteristics should have belonged to every member of the human race. However a paternalistic, misogynistic power base had to push this gender narrative to achieve its agenda of dominance and control. This led to human beings continuously having to dispute each others ideas and beliefs in order to validate their own human right of INTRINSIC GENDER AFFILIATION and self identification. Back to basics, where did the dispute originate and why? Patriarchic, misogynistic societies have been responsible for this fallacy. They have had complete control within their communities/cultures to choose which particular human attributes they would covet as boys/men and also which less desirable, less powerful traits they would choose to assign to girls/women.They denounced ownership of the traits themselves, viewing them as a sign of weakness/passivity which could threaten mans abiliyty to domineer and control every civilization/culture. In order to dictate men had to have a way of differentiating between the sexes. The coining of the terms feminine and masculine ensured that this delineation could be infiltrated throughout the fabric of humanity. This paradigm became fixed as “absurdly naturally inherent” if born biologically a boy or a girl, by the process of social control, conditioning and imprinting by each generation to the next. The self expression of every individual human being could thus be policed through ludicrous indoctrination that feminine pertained to girls and masculine pertained inextricably to boys. By calling boys males and girls females. Thus falsely denoting an unquestionable link between femininity and masculinity to biological sex. Patriarchy and Matriarchy foolishly accepted this DEFAULT setting of the sexes. So the term GENDER and all of its gross inequalities and discrimination was born, despite this CONstruct only ever being made as a result of those that held power’s (MEN’s) opinions. It’s time to acknowledge that when boys or girls are born the creator has never conveniently tied a note to the umbilical cord detailing inherent characteristics dependent on anatomical appendages. As civilizations have evolved every aspect of human expression could forever more be cherry picked by the dominant patriarchy. In effect the misogynistic groups in powerhad created the sole ability to shape their own designedversion of what they would allow/prefer every girl/woman, boy/man to express or be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How absurd that someones opinion has been allowed to define the extrinsic reality and internal beliefs and expression of even one other human being, never mind every human being since. It is my belief that all of these attributes should never have been allowed to be segregated into these false headings. THIS IS WHERE INEQUALITY, PREJUDICE, SCAPEGOATING and DISCRIMINATION ORIGINATED FROM. Man developed a means to divide the sexes and in effect domineer and conquer in every field they should so choose, even till present day. As a result genuine subjective self expression/identification has never truly been an option for anyones free will. Hence the dilemma that has been created :- Feminists have made great stridesin thwarting gender limitations by in effect challenging the restrictive nature of girls and women’s full societal inclusion. LGBTQI networks have quite rightly fought for inclusive human rights for all members of humanity. Many heterosexual men are beginning to question toxic masculinity, misogyny and inequality. Heterosexual women have fought to break free from the preset false ideology of femininity. The only way to entrench full human inclusivity is to acknowledge that man created the CONstruct of GENDER with an agenda of power to maintain. We are now in the position whereby attributes, qualities and expressions have been WRONGLY categorized as femininity or masculinity for sooooo long society has been totally indoctrinated and infiltrated by these classifications. So how can we ever mitigate the damage caused to so many people, as a result of being pidgeonholed into one or the other of thede extreme paradigms. The definitions and categorization of feminine and masculine characteristics were instigated since the beginning of civilization, as society has evolved many more attributes continued to be appointed to femininity or masculinity. It is therefore difficult to extricate characteristics from one or the other groups/headings. Women have had a long hard fight through every era to reclaim many power based rights. The patriarchal placement of these attributes in the masculinity sphere can (and in an educated society) be acknowledged as a violation of human rights. Many men have also been co-erced into a way of being. Some are attempting to challenge misogyny and inequality by reclaiming the right to express inate sensitivity, compassion, empathy and many more of the more passive characteristics which patriarchy assigned to girls as “femininity”. These characteristics in both groups should be freely expressed by boys and girls. Until we accept and initiate the implementation of my “Humanistic universally adaptable “Dynamic Gender continuum of alignment” Which could be used for every human being, irrespective of any external factors, sexual orientation, anatomical biological genitalia, culture etc. Allowing the individual to self declare a cumulative position within this spectrum in regards to a self defined feminine/masculine numerical ratio eg F70% M30% = Inate Self Concept To disregard the characteristic inherent Dynamic Fluidity of Gender is to continue to violate all human rights of self expression on a global scale. Continuing to ignore that each unique psycho social interaction forms a schemata that will shape the individuals persona in different ways dependent on each individual’s perception of their lived reality. The psyche forms an attachment or association (identifies with) or rejects disassociates through intrinsic psychological and neurological mechanisms/processes very often on a subconscious level. Their should only be one humanitarian gender which each individual can validate the reality that they exist within. A numerical ratio enables everyone to self identify each of our unique blends irrespective of being born a boy or a girl. Each person could then accurately and truthfullyexpress the inate gender identity they associate with and no one could deny that right. We only need to appreciate an individuals need and desire to use pronouns because perhaps patriarchy hijacked half of the individuals inate characteristics. How can someone identify with only half of inate qualities. Perhaps we all should feel the need to use “they” or “them” all because of the Patriarchal creation of gender and the gross inequality that has continued to proliferate globally. Or maybe its fairer and more logical to accept that masculine and feminine characteristics should NEVER HAVE BEEN ALIGNED TO ANYONES GENITALIA Perhaps the soul/essence of every human being was never intended to have any gender restrictions /advantages. The implementation of my theoretical humanitarian universally adaptable gender continuum of alignment allows every single human being to express a ratio of affinity/attachment to masculinity and/or femininity throughout the lifespan. This would respect self identification and promote variability and inclusivity for all. Being born a girl or a boy biologically would continue to denote birth sex. My gender continuum of alignment ratio would provide a dynamic fluid means throughout the lifespan to self define and express each unique individual’s self concept in all of it’s variability. Girls could grow into the woman they were always meant to be as they would able to declare their own blend in relation to the intrinsic affinity they held towards masculine and feminine characteristics. Boys could grow into the man they were always meant to naturally be by declaring the ratio of their own blend in regards to the intrinsic affinity they held towards both sets of characteristics. Then we could respect the right of each person to be able to define the essence of themselves My Humanitarian Dynamic Universally Adaptable Gender Continuum of Alignment Feminine Masculine 100 0 100 The benefits both to humanity and society should not be underestimated or we could continue to let the opinion of someone else define each one of us The essence of
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New Blog - GENDER
My personal theory by Conscious Conscience GENDER its time to allow every human being to speak for themselves. How can it be done? It is sad to see people debating the subjective reality of other people. Surely self identification can only be validly created internally by each individual alone. Each attributional human expression is rooted in psychological, sociological, cultural, experiential, interaction resulting in the creation of a cumulative intrinsic sense of self. This can only be formed and adapted by individual cognitive neurological processing on a conscious and subconscious level. This will result in the individual forming an identity, which will express or reject characteristics on the basis of his or her lived reality or existence. It is impossible for 2 human beings to share one identity due to the dynamic nature of existence. That being the case, why has every single human being allowed others to set limits and boundaries on full individualized self expression? My theory is, this travesty was initiated and continues to be maintained through the creation of the fallacy that is FEMININITY and MASCULINITY. All qualities, attributes and characteristics should have belonged to every member of the human race. However a paternalistic, misogynistic power base had to push this gender narrative to achieve its agenda of dominance and control. This led to human beings continuously having to dispute each others ideas and beliefs in order to validate their own human right of INTRINSIC GENDER AFFILIATION and self identification. Back to basics, where did the dispute originate and why? Patriarchic, misogynistic societies have been responsible for this fallacy. They have had complete control within their communities/cultures to choose which particular human attributes they would covet as boys/men and also which less desirable, less powerful traits they would choose to assign to girls/women.They denounced ownership of the traits themselves, viewing them as a sign of weakness/passivity which could threaten mans abiliyty to domineer and control every civilization/culture. In order to dictate men had to have a way of differentiating between the sexes. The coining of the terms feminine and masculine ensured that this delineation could be infiltrated throughout the fabric of humanity. This paradigm became fixed as “absurdly naturally inherent” if born biologically a boy or a girl, by the process of social control, conditioning and imprinting by each generation to the next. The self expression of every individual human being could thus be policed through ludicrous indoctrination that feminine pertained to girls and masculine pertained inextricably to boys. By calling boys males and girls females. Thus falsely denoting an unquestionable link between femininity and masculinity to biological sex. Patriarchy and Matriarchy foolishly accepted this DEFAULT setting of the sexes. So the term GENDER and all of its gross inequalities and discrimination was born, despite this CONstruct only ever being made as a result of those that held power’s (MEN’s) opinions. It’s time to acknowledge that when boys or girls are born the creator has never conveniently tied a note to the umbilical cord detailing inherent characteristics dependent on anatomical appendages. As civilizations have evolved every aspect of human expression could forever more be cherry picked by the dominant patriarchy. In effect the misogynistic groups in powerhad created the sole ability to shape their own designedversion of what they would allow/prefer every girl/woman, boy/man to express or be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How absurd that someones opinion has been allowed to define the extrinsic reality and internal beliefs and expression of even one other human being, never mind every human being since. It is my belief that all of these attributes should never have been allowed to be segregated into these false headings. THIS IS WHERE INEQUALITY, PREJUDICE, SCAPEGOATING and DISCRIMINATION ORIGINATED FROM. Man developed a means to divide the sexes and in effect domineer and conquer in every field they should so choose, even till present day. As a result genuine subjective self expression/identification has never truly been an option for anyones free will. Hence the dilemma that has been created :- Feminists have made great stridesin thwarting gender limitations by in effect challenging the restrictive nature of girls and women’s full societal inclusion. LGBTQI networks have quite rightly fought for inclusive human rights for all members of humanity. Many heterosexual men are beginning to question toxic masculinity, misogyny and inequality. Heterosexual women have fought to break free from the preset false ideology of femininity. The only way to entrench full human inclusivity is to acknowledge that man created the CONstruct of GENDER with an agenda of power to maintain. We are now in the position whereby attributes, qualities and expressions have been WRONGLY categorized as femininity or masculinity for sooooo long society has been totally indoctrinated and infiltrated by these classifications. So how can we ever mitigate the damage caused to so many people, as a result of being pidgeonholed into one or the other of thede extreme paradigms. The definitions and categorization of feminine and masculine characteristics were instigated since the beginning of civilization, as society has evolved many more attributes continued to be appointed to femininity or masculinity. It is therefore difficult to extricate characteristics from one or the other groups/headings. Women have had a long hard fight through every era to reclaim many power based rights. The patriarchal placement of these attributes in the masculinity sphere can (and in an educated society) be acknowledged as a violation of human rights. Many men have also been co-erced into a way of being. Some are attempting to challenge misogyny and inequality by reclaiming the right to express inate sensitivity, compassion, empathy and many more of the more passive characteristics which patriarchy assigned to girls as “femininity”. These characteristics in both groups should be freely expressed by boys and girls. Until we accept and initiate the implementation of my “Humanistic universally adaptable “Dynamic Gender continuum of alignment” Which could be used for every human being, irrespective of any external factors, sexual orientation, anatomical biological genitalia, culture etc. Allowing the individual to self declare a cumulative position within this spectrum in regards to a self defined feminine/masculine numerical ratio eg F70% M30% = Inate Self Concept To disregard the characteristic inherent Dynamic Fluidity of Gender is to continue to violate all human rights of self expression on a global scale. Continuing to ignore that each unique psycho social interaction forms a schemata that will shape the individuals persona in different ways dependent on each individual’s perception of their lived reality. The psyche forms an attachment or association (identifies with) or rejects disassociates through intrinsic psychological and neurological mechanisms/processes very often on a subconscious level. Their should only be one humanitarian gender which each individual can validate the reality that they exist within. A numerical ratio enables everyone to self identify each of our unique blends irrespective of being born a boy or a girl. Each person could then accurately and truthfullyexpress the inate gender identity they associate with and no one could deny that right. We only need to appreciate an individuals need and desire to use pronouns because perhaps patriarchy hijacked half of the individuals inate characteristics. How can someone identify with only half of inate qualities. Perhaps we all should feel the need to use “they” or “them” all because of the Patriarchal creation of gender and the gross inequality that has continued to proliferate globally. Or maybe its fairer and more logical to accept that masculine and feminine characteristics should NEVER HAVE BEEN ALIGNED TO ANYONES GENITALIA Perhaps the soul/essence of every human being was never intended to have any gender restrictions /advantages. The implementation of my theoretical humanitarian universally adaptable gender continuum of alignment allows every single human being to express a ratio of affinity/attachment to masculinity and/or femininity throughout the lifespan. This would respect self identification and promote variability and inclusivity for all. Being born a girl or a boy biologically would continue to denote birth sex. My gender continuum of alignment ratio would provide a dynamic fluid means throughout the lifespan to self define and express each unique individual’s self concept in all of it’s variability. Girls could grow into the woman they were always meant to be as they would able to declare their own blend in relation to the intrinsic affinity they held towards masculine and feminine characteristics. Boys could grow into the man they were always meant to naturally be by declaring the ratio of their own blend in regards to the intrinsic affinity they held towards both sets of characteristics. Then we could respect the right of each person to be able to define the essence of themselves My Humanitarian Dynamic Universally Adaptable Gender Continuum of Alignment Feminine Masculine 100 0 100 The benefits both to humanity and society should not be underestimated or we could continue to let the opinion of someone else define each one of us The essence of
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GENDER FLUIDITY
I have spent years of in depth, difficult reflection, mainly in an effort to analyse what enables the proliferation of these instances globally,
As a result of this I have gained the ability to raise many questions which require to be fully researched and answered if change is to occur.
Also as a result of this reflection I have gained a depth of understanding about many of the factors which link to the initiation and perpetuation of this phenomena.
I have related all of this theory in an effort to consider the interaction of theoretical concepts to subjective experiential experiences.
As a result of my personal views and ideas, I attempted to arrive at some recommendations which perhaps could instigate societal understanding which hopefully can lead to change.
I sent letters throughout my journey to the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik, the Human Rights Commission, the Care Commission, Navigator and EVA services and the Moira Anderson Foundation, which chronologically detailed my personal opinions and views.
I recommended many changes which require to be integrated throughout society (in my opinion).
By linking my experiences to the theory related to CSA, ACEs, physiology, psychology, sociology, brain anatomy, human development, human behaviour and gender stereotypes etc.
Thus I have tried to provide some scientific based rationales to support my personal findings.
PLEASE READ MY TUMBLR BLOG
I have come to the conclusion that:-
It is time to adopt a #consciousconscience mentality globally to change societal ‘norms’ for the betterment of any future civilised humanity and accept the FACT that the man made CONstruct and CONcept of gender only sought to limit and confine the true SOUL, SPIRIT and ESSENCE of every single one of us in the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE.
Has this always been a CUNNING PLAN Hmmmm!
We need a gender continuum of alignment in society GLOBALLY.
male traits————-life span——————female traits
GENDER CONTINUUM OF ALIGNMENT
masculine traits boys and girls feminine traits
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life span
THE FLUIDITY OF GENDER
A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT NATURALLY INHERENT WITHIN
EVERY INDIVIDUAL
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Conscious Conscience
Friday 12th July 2019 To whom it may concern: I enclose a copy of a letter I sent to EVA services, the first minister Nicola Sturgeon, the Navigator Service and Mayim Bialik beginning in October 2017. This follows my own journey through abuse and PTSD, however my focus has been continual reflection on my experiences, in an effort to personally bring about some fundamental societal change. However I believe it is of the utmost importance that this is brought to your attention if social justice is to be maintained, not merely on a national but a global capacity by all individuals and organizations. All inequalities and abuse threaten the very fundamental fabric of any civilized society. Please bare with me in reading my lengthy personal opinions and recommendations. I will now go on to document my previous ongoing correspondence as I feel very strongly and passionately that we all have a humanitarian duty to instigate change no matter how small that may be. IT IS TIME TO ASK YOURSELF – WHAT CAN I CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGE! 1st Letter Written on 9th of October 2017 Dear Nicola, Mayim Bialik & #MeToo & Navigators. I Hope you don’t mind me writing to you, I realize how hectic your daily schedule must be. However, I believe it is of the utmost importance that this is brought to your attention if social justice is to be maintained. Clearly past legislature from other political bodies has failed to learn any valuable lessons nor disseminate any useful knowledge gained between all concerned relevant bodies and has therefore negated to protect society as a whole. This is evident on a daily basis, with cases of the abuse of trust and power coming to light in many instances after decades and decades of historical abuse. I am currently a staff nurse with 15 years of experience in the acute setting mainly trauma and head injuries as well as general medicine. Since 2010, I have experienced 3 nervous breakdowns which I had attributed to severe anxiety and depression. This current episode has finally enabled me to clearly see and understand the root cause of my problems. EVA Services in Coatshill hospital has been an invaluable source of support to me in dealingwith my PTSD. Jane’s knowledge and skills have been paramount for me to be able to identify psychological and behavioural coping mechanisms I have unknowingly adopted for the past 40 years. EVA has a dedicated psychological counselling service which provides a timely additional resource if required in house. A very important factor given the great sensitivity of these cases, not to mention the severity of PTSD symptoms and the grave adverse effects this has on the individual and society as a whole. As I am a nurse, I am fully aware of the value of reflection on practice to avoid a task orientated approach which is very often ineffective and depletes reserves of limited resources. I have been informed by Jane that the EVA Service is being made defunct from November, a great travesty, as this service plays a vital role in being an educational advocate for people experiencing these distressing circumstances as a direct result of exploitation, violence or abuse. I have recently listened to the actress Mayim Bialik’s podcast relating to the ongoing proliferation of these incidents. I have concluded that for more than 40 years +, we as a society have and continue to neglect our duty of care to each other and ourselves. My own experiences have only highlighted the many factors that come in to play which enables these situations to be effectively carried out time and time again. Despite the efforts made to prevent re-occurrence. It is highly evident that a different approach requires to be taken if we are to effectively learn from past experiences. The Scottish Government has worked intensely to rectify many of the unjust imbalances of power within society as a whole, despite continued monetary constraints from the Westminster allocated budget e.g. NHS prescriptions, care charges, tuition fees and investment in society which will benefit everyone living in Scotland. The commitment to the future of our young people is unquestionable, a new passion and fervor for change was clearly evident throughout the approach to the independence referendum. Indeed, I have been fortunate to have personally witnessed the impact that the new Navigator service has had directing many individuals (who had been existing in chaotic lifestyles) towards life choices which they believed were previously unobtainable to them. The recent #MeToo movement only emphasizes the continued prevalence of this phenomenon within the global community as a whole. Periodic examinations and debate will continue to occur as they have done before, whenever the occasion arises. More funding will be “Squandered” focusing only on trying to mitigate the devastating effects these experiences have on both individuals and society. The fragmentation of community and the eagerness of many to exist and experience life through an increasingly virtual reality, only serves to isolate and divide human beings physically and socially. In effect the world will continue to voice condemnation and disgust when the need arises. In short shutting the stable after the horse has bolted. My experiences, (through extensive reflection), have only made me more aware of how ignorant we truly are regarding these matters, this ignorance only serves to perpetuate the manipulation, disempowerment and abuse of others, whilst providing warped justification for the behavior of many through victim blaming. Our refusal to accept the inherent flaws within every individual human being, which given the correct circumstances, will manifest in the abuse of the vulnerability of others. The World Health Organization’s definition of health details the areas which have the power to influence the individual’s health and beliefs and in turn their behavior for better or worse, “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1948). It can therefore be asserted that educational, economical, physiological, cultural, spiritual, environmental, social, political and psychological circumstances/perceptions will shape the individual’s viewpoint and their reality at any given moment. Perhaps justification for their choice of behavior at that given point. However, it is imperative that there is an appreciation and acknowledgement of the dynamic nature of being able to justify our choices. The acquisition of ongoing knowledge enables people to make a more informed choice regarding the consequences of a particular behavior in comparison to previous misconceptions. The EVA service had been funded by lottery cash, the people involved within this organization have a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained through counselling and dealing with many people devastated by violence and abuse. The Navigator Service has been quite rightly extended to other areas due to the success they have had guiding people away from a life of violence/crime and addiction. Yet stopping the EVA service will prevent many victims of crime/abuse from continuing to be active functional members of society through no fault of their own. Many will have to endure a very lengthy period trying to deal with the symptoms of PTSD whilst waiting for mainstream psychological input. There should be permanent dedicated Navigator and EVA services addressing both ends of the spectrum perpetrators and victims only then can be appreciate the factors which manage to manipulate/shape behaviors and identify the factors which serve to explain/excuse these behaviors. Until we do educate society this will sadly continue to occur. Far from stopping funding for the EVA service, both should work in conjunction with each other to learn invaluable lessons so that our claim as a “civilized society can in fact be justifiably extolled globally”. Both services should be intrinsic within schools and community centers, to instill valuable lessons and knowledge into the heart of society, this is the only option to ensure change in perceptions because only this change can protect all of our sons and daughters from exploitation of their vulnerability and naivety, manipulating them into perpetrators or enabling them to become victims i.e. train the horses while they are still in the stable. I can only relate my theoretical knowledge gained as a nurse to these types of experiences, in an effort to perhaps make some valid recommendations which might hopefully instigate a small foundation of societal change. Being in a position to personally evaluate what assists or what hinders someone living through this type of phenomenon. Rather than focusing on the who, what , when and where of my experiences, instead assessing what enables these types of situations to be repeatedly carried out. Hopefully learning valuable lessons which can shape our understanding of how to thwart the levels of re-occurrence in the future. Worth Further Research/Questioning More of My Personal Thoughts For instance, MASLOWS hierarchy of needs, the main goal being self-actualization which results in being able to harmoniously exist and satisfactorily function within society, with a high level of self-esteem, perception, health and well-being. However, being able to attain this goal relies on many factors, many of which are out with the individual’s control. For example, Roper, Logan and Tierney’s theoretical framework comes to mind, whatever position the person is placed in the lifespan, or dependence/ independence continuum will determine how effectively they are able to maintain and satisfy their activities of daily living adequately. Again economical, political, educational, psychological, social, physical, spiritual and environmental circumstance will all impinge upon life choices available to each individual. It is too simplistic to assume that deprivation in any sphere will result in negative behaviour. The persons sense of self-worth or contentment with their level of self-actualization, (or lack), will inevitably shape their behavior for good or bad, in the quest for additional power. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is another fascinating concept which explains how traumatic experiences can be stored on an emotional level, in the subconscious (primitive brain) having bypassed the evolved rational part of the brain responsible for executive functioning, because of this there is no associative narrative nor descriptive memory of the incident, only the feelings associated with the trauma. In effect the individual dissociates. Other examples of this are being hypnotized, when dissociated, the person can walk talk and physically follow instructions, but has no memory narrative of the experiences occurring. The same can be seen in hypnotherapy. The power of suggestion works in the same way, one only needs to look at the influence of the media on public perceptions and behavior. In addition, how much revenue does advertising (developed by psychologists) accumulate? Surely you can’t make someone do something they don’t want to ? Well how does that work with treating phobias – enabling through suggestion, within a short period of time, the person to conquer their greatest long held fears. Many phobias are very often of an inexplicable cause to the person affected. Perhaps they developed in early childhood prior to the child’s executive functioning part of the brain being mature enough to rationalize a narrative, as the language centre of the brain had still to learn how to verbalize. Or when speech had sufficiently developed was there an episode of distress/trauma whereby the child had dissociated. Interestingly many young children speak in the 3rd party a trait of an adult dissociating. Therefore, we should all be aware that there is in fact a widely known scientific based rationale why on individual may have no awareness/recollection of events they have experienced on a succession of episodes due to dissociation. Perhaps before they are judged, or victim blamed this fact should be taken into consideration. Given the number of cases which have been highlighted throughout the decades and the total amount of people involved, we cannot continue to classify perpetrators as highly unusual/strange monsters, these are in fact anyone given the right circumstances or indoctrination. That being the case why does society allow its youth to be indoctrinated into believing displaying this type of behavior is acceptable? Why can someone work within trauma receiving without understanding the concept of dissociation related to “PTSD”? Why are high school pupils not forewarned educated about being aware of when they might be or friends of theirs might be in the process of being manipulated into a particular way of thinking? And why don’t they have an intrinsic support network they can consult for advice ? EVA? Navigators? The consequences of choosing to exploit, violate or abuse another individual should be regularly made known through rehabilitated offenders. The devastation caused to victims and their families should be graphically discussed regularly. An empathy for the welfare of others should be nurtured through a humanistic approach. The EVA service, Navigators, Rape crisis and Moira Anderson Foundation should be extended internationally/globally! Maybe its time society put its money where its mouth is and donated funds to ensure the infinite viability and growth of these services. If not, society should hang its head in shame on a regular basis when these devastating experiences continue to occur. Dr Elaine Carr and Jane are passionate about the work that they do to the extent if Jane had won the lottery she said she would endeavor to find a suitable building to rent and try and continue to operate the service from there. Jane is now to be redeployed into an IT Post!!! Gender stereotyping needs to be challenged. People who have benefitted from the input of these invaluable services should be used as positive role models to educate young people PRIOR to them finding themselves faced with the decision of how they would behave, empowering them to make, hopefully the correct justifiable choice before it is too late. Please give generously to these invaluable services in order to prevent what happened to previous generations continue to happen to those you love and care about. Leave that as OUR LEGACY Focus on a holistic approach. Without acting to change perceptions we FAIL ourselves and every other human being in the PAST PRESENT and FUTURE. We will all merely serve to satisfy and encourage the salivation of the grapevine in our complicity and inaction to protect the vulnerability of others. The proliferation of this phenomena is happening and will continue to occur in our refusal to acknowledge the FLAWED nature of the human psyche. We can therefore continue to focus on gender stereotypes which can only perpetuate sadly division and victim blaming in effect re-enforce these negative false beliefs and stereotypes. The masculinity or femininity of the individuals involved should not be held as the focus of why these instances occur. Indoctrination of the developing psyches vulnerability shapes the individual’s belief system and serves for them to justify their decision-making process. People cannot be educated unless it is through a holistic perception acknowledging their lived existence and the factors which influence it. However, the implementation of these services, at the earliest developmental stage for children would provide a foundation which would nurture empathy and understanding of the gross inequalities within society. Highlighting the consequence of actions fosters foresight. Education enables informed decision making and the Navigator emphasizes the individual’s power to enhance their circumstances by guiding them to available resources which can only optimize theirs and in affect others quality of living. Social inclusion should appreciate diversity and multi-culturalism, the encouragement of displaying ( and acting upon) concern for our fellow human beings should be nurtured at an early age. Peer pressure should be used to condemn/educate young people that no matter how small, it is never justifiable to abuse/violate the vulnerability of others in attempt to gain “power”. Materialism should be substituted by humanism. Group norms should be encouraged to question, reverse and stand up to inequalities. Only then can every individual truly empower themselves in their journey to self-actualization irrespective of circumstances they may live in. A worthy sense of self is all that can create self-satisfaction prevent victimization and create a civilized just, human society for all to enjoy. NHS Lanarkshire Ending Violence and Abuse (EVA) services commissioned a Scottish company, media co-op.net to develop an animation to explain to professionals!!! The impact trauma experiences have on the brain and how this affects memory. This company specializes in social and health messages. They quite rightly won the Royal Television Society Scotland Animation Award 2016 and also the Herald Digital Award 2016. Why is this animation not globally promoted regularly in the media? Why have we neglected to incorporate these services to instill this factual information throughout every educational facility to ensure all children are aware of the natural psychological and physiological human response to trauma and abuse? As a society we have failed to inform and educate our children and teenagers. We have left them unprepared to make an informed choice regarding whether a certain behavior would be justifiable or not, nor have we emphasized the dire consequences of such actions or traumatic events upon those who enact or experience this phenomenon. It is highly important that victims have a solid established support network available to help them deal with the aftermath of current/historic abuse. A new service has been conceptualized by NHS Lanarkshire named Gender Based Violence (GBV). This is a much-needed service given the abuse and gender inequalities within society. A major problem affecting many. HOWEVER, this should not be at the expense of losing the EVA Service. Exploitation, violence and abuse does not occur merely as a result of gender inequalities. As can be seen in recent news we can NO LONGER only concentrate on dealing with the aftermath of these situations when they arise or come to light. Always after analysis, close scrutiny and resulting in widespread anger and condemnation and ? Ongoing disbelief!! Every human being at some point in their lives has contributed to maintaining this paradigm, weather consciously or subconsciously. We have and continued to unwittingly ignore the root causes which aid and abet these situations. Given the complexities involved this has to concentrate throughout the ongoing developmental stages of each individual human psyche, irrespective of any other factors. Cultural perceptions and social norms can only be changed by influencing and educating on a subconscious level. The only way to achieve this to ensure that these services are implemented, or we continue to allow others to easily access and negatively indoctrinate our children’s limbic and reptilian primitive brains into actions or decisions they may regret forever. ANYONE who has a shred of humanitarian value has a duty to ensure a basic foundation of knowledge and education is provided within our culture for our children and in effect all future adults. Jane can be contacted : EVA Psychological Services She at the moment has been redeployed to an IT Post. Assist her to achieve her passionate ambition to save and protect the future of this service not only for her but for us, our children and all our future generations. Thank You Continuation of previous further correspondence to Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik & #MeToo. I thought I would send you a further instalment of my personal views on why abuse is rife and continues throughout history! Linking my experiences and any theoretical ideas about WHAT HAS TO CHANGE if this is to stop. We continue to concentrate on each individual case separately, a lot more could be learned by combining everything together to come to relevant conclusions. This is the only way to educate ourselves if we are honest then we could see that initially people are manipulated in a certain mindset until they are mature enough to oppose these beliefs as being wrong. Until that pint the belief system is based on stereotypes, scapegoats, prejudice and discrimination. The EVA service, Navigators, rape crisis and Moira Anderson Foundation should all work in liaison disseminating these findings which are needed to help shape ALL of societies knowledge and education. These types of abuse are evident in every sphere of society. There are NO differentiations irrespective of education, cultural, monetary or spiritual circumstances of victims or perpetrators. This abuse occurs in every society/institution or groups where people amass, it is impossible for teenagers or children to share the same just viewpoint of adults, if everybody thought back to their developmental years, they can acknowledge the extreme difference in their personal perceptions. Yet we expect that as we become more mature our choices and beliefs will “naturally” become more just and wiser. This can only happen through lived experience and knowledge. Teenagers are not in a position to acquire lived experience nor have they accumulated the knowledge required which would change their belief system until they are much older. This is why it is imperative to educate the formation of the developing psyche at the earliest opportunity in every case. That way all inequalities in society could be addressed and would prevent the normalization of cruel behavior towards others. It would also foster personal responsibility in regard to life choices and perhaps reduce levels of suicide. Thank You Continued thoughts and ideas thought provoking issues for International Women’s Day! There are many circumstances/factors which serve to question the validity of what victims describe and whether this is deemed absurd or the truth by others. This, due to a lack of education/knowledge leads to the inevitability that there is extreme difficulty in believing what happened to the victim being possible. Isn’t it strange that the ongoing victims’ cases which are brought to light share many questionable discrepancies? The people very often appear to have been living a relatively “normal” life for long periods of time between/during the incidents occurring and them actually becoming aware of the abuse at all. Disturbing flashbacks are triggered. The individual has NO logical context in which to place these experiences, there appears to be NO narrative/ explanations to justify them occurring at all. There Is NO relevant circumstances surrounding why the situation should in any way have naturally arisen or progressed. The persons memory remains fragmented they are unable to remember many factors surrounding the images adequately, no matter how hard they try. They experience ongoing anxiety, an extremely heightened startle response they exist day to day in a hyper-alert state. They begin to isolate themselves, stop socializing and become increasingly distrustful of others. Post traumatic stress disorder and dissociation have been theoretically proven to explain all of the above. Just world theory, poor attachment and an inability to self soothe make it more probable that the person will go on to develop ongoing episodes of dissociation as a coping mechanism to their traumatic experiences. Whilst they find it natural to empathize with the plight of others and view it as their responsibility to help and care for people, they have learned through experience that NO ONE is obligated to meet their own needs. They might develop a type of self-preservation, viewing themselves as being strong enough to tackle whatever may be required at any given moment for themselves or others needs. At the same time, they have developed the ability to remain emotionally numb, a barrier prevents them from having to deal with the aftermath of emotions brought about by poor treatment by others. Never having given any consideration to their needs being met or acknowledged makes it difficult to identify choices or preferences or any defined lack of fulfillment. The person may have difficulty prioritizing or making a subjective choice. The accumulation of possessions can lead to hoarding as a coping mechanism. This only complicates matters by creating a chaotic environment, impossible to manage or organize, this goes on to feed feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem and perpetuates the cycle. So, it can be concluded that ALL human beings have an inherent physiological and psychological safety mechanism, which effectively if traumatized enough will trip the full system into shutdown of the consciousness and only let the subconscious experience this and future disturbing and emotive experiences. In so doing attempting to protect the conscious realization that these disturbing experiences have ever taken place. Its about time that psychologists, neurologists, sociologists, the medical and healthcare professions, educationalists, and all governmental bodies NETWORK and communicate their research findings related to this phenomenon in order to pool the collective individually disseminated rationales. Each of these spheres when brought together can scientifically prove that anyone having experienced these types of experiences would indeed display these bizarre types of responses. THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED The human race has developed its knowledge base throughout time and evolution, resulting in an extremely broad and diverse foundation of educational knowledge. This has resulted in growth and expansion of the cerebral hemispheres ( executive functioning, decision making). It can be deduced that the primitive limbic system is the origin of the safety shutdown mechanism. Therefore, this has always been the case since the inception of people’s brains. It is absurd to think that when primitive people experienced extreme traumatic events and this mechanism triggered that NO ONE within the vicinity would learn that it affected the ability of the traumatized individual to recount their experiences or that none of their adversaries would capitalize on this human vulnerability for their own ends. Maybe NO ONE has noticed yet! Research – primitive brain, anatomy and function of the limbic system, neurological changes in the brain – anxiety, depression, trauma, cerebral anatomy & function -> executive functioning memory –dissociation – PTSD – familiarity + emotions ie Attachment ? provides context has this knowledge only had exclusivity to certain individuals or groups throughout the ages, initially this would give power to a mainly paternalistic society ( hmmm ! ) Given society’s indoctrinated acceptable gender stereotypes which are still encouraged globally: i.e. – nice girls and what denotes bad girls/boys. Trauma and abuse very often result in the development of PTSD. The dissociative characteristics of the limbic system enable the person to have these traumatic experiences without conscious knowledge or recollection. That being the case this means whether the victim was Mother Theresa or Mary Magdalene initially the outcome would be the same and the person would remain oblivious – in effect the individual does not require to be completely incapacitated by drugs/sedatives each time. Perhaps society needs to acknowledge that the subconscious has never been related to being literally unconscious. Therefore, being outside of conscious awareness, without occurring with any plausible naturally occurring context/relationship, the individual is carrying out behavior in an automatron capacity which invalidates any consensual agreement. Therefore, seeing can never be deemed believing. All of these factors give false credence to any claims that these experiences “were between consenting individuals/groups despite any appearances to the contrary. So this means “Good girls” have no control of being manipulated into stereotypical bad girls with no subjective awareness/narrative. This means one individuals’ actions/reputation has always been able to be artificially manufactured/shaped and directed outwith the conscious control of that person. The initiation and perpetuation of gender stereotypes enables society to excuse abuse and in effect try to justify the actions of many through the ages through pathetic victim blaming. The legal system needs changed! Why is reputation a relevant factor to character? This makes the individuals reputation irrelevant to the facts of the situation occurring as claimed, no matter any apparent absurdity. The judicial system, society, the media, educational facilities in fact every sphere imaginable has upheld these false mythical beliefs and stereotypes. Salivating whilst falsely condemning others. IT makes you question exactly WHAT was previously passed from fathers to sons; during the birds and the bees talk! Phrases like “boys will be boys” or “boys can’t help themselves” etc. “sowing your wild oats”, “Gagging for it”. The Presidents Club fiasco shows ALL of the concepts of previous brain washing being displayed openly. WHY would it detail a pre-selected dress code down to “Heels matching black panties”? WHAT about all of the men only organizations/establishments who continue to oppose female membership – WONDER WHY?! Perhaps if the girls had been wearing nuns habits it would have been more difficult for members of this club to excuse their behavior as “boys being boys” not being able to help themselves as these “Bad girls were tempting them with their provocative dress, (stereotypical beliefs have often come in handy). For e.g. “Offered on a plate and gagging for it” I am sure cropped up a lot in family conversations following media speculation. The truth is maintaining these stereotypes has allowed the truth to be hidden in plain sight for many decades. It perhaps explains many fathers’ anxieties when raising a teenage daughter. It is also more understandable why previous generations required a “Courting Couple” to be chaperoned by the girl’s family. I’m sure many of the members of the president’s clubs’ partners have defended their men from the behavior of these “Loose Women”. Perhaps the dress code was requested so the men could really test their upstanding resolve! Whilst these facts can all be scientifically substantiated, they alone should not be believed to be true in every case. However, what this knowledge should allow is victims to be able to present their experiences without being victimized, labelled, stereotyped, prejudged and discriminated against, every time an allegation is made. Instead disseminating this knowledge at the earliest opportunity makes the public aware of the natural consequences physiologically to traumatic events. Dissociation can explain how these experiences can occur repeatedly without any conscious knowledge or awareness. More research should be concentrated on the study and function of the limbic system in regard to attachment and familiarity, emotional bonding and contextual relationships _ ? association (as seen in advertising). Dissociation – also seen in hypnosis, traumatic events, repetitive actions e.g. driving on the motorway with no memory of the journey on reaching the destination. Hypnotherapy – pain management, operations, addictions and phobias etc. All of these natural occurrences to many factors all resulting in some extent of dissociation from consciousness. Another point worth noting is the success of several modalities which again focus on accessing the subconscious, eye movement desensitization reprogramming – tapping. Reiki energy field clearing –tapping. The treatment of phobias and addictions through the use of tapping techniques which have resulted in students improving self-esteem and performance marks as well as behaviour. The capacity of the limbic system has been highly underestimated. This powerful emotional store house controls and edits our perceptions of our reality very often creating anxiety and depression which has shown on images to affect the neurological structure of the brain. SOCIETY it appears has helped maintain and been victim of the most devious cunning plan since the inception of human kind, and despite the massive expansion of our cerebral hemispheres, we still haven’t educated ourselves about our natural physiology and neurology. This ignorance is what has enabled this to continue because we refuse to believe the bizarre symptoms and recollections we repeatedly see in these cases and prefer to blame the victims because all the MAN-MADE STEREOTYPES SHOW that they must have DESERVED or ASKED FOR IT. Then years later society is proved wrong again and again. Yet we still don’t educate our children about the facts, but they will find out eventually. Will they educate their children before it’s too late? The ongoing encouragement and maintenance of stereotypical discrimination only serves to provide scapegoats time and time again. Objectification and depersonalization of those who are vulnerable is a PLOY to provide the perpetrators with some false sense of warped justification for their actions and serves to continue to repeatedly dehumanize society in every case. Until we examine question and change our unequal misconceived man-made gender stereotypes from the earliest developmental stages, NOTHNG can change. We need to educate our children to always view each other as first and foremost human beings. Males and females should always be respected equally. All human rights should be upheld irrespective of gender. All human beings have naturally variable libidos throughout their lifespans and whether male or female this fact should be respected as the individual’s right and choice. Their gender has NO RELEVANCE and never has. Prejudice and discrimination continuing can only result in the proliferation of abuse globally. The expansion of the cerebral hemispheres has enabled humanity to develop each individual’s conscience, by providing the ability to reason prior to action by assessing consequences. However, we ignore the function of the limbic system to our own detriment. Prior to the ability to executively reason, we will have already subconsciously learned through nurture and socialization on a deep emotional level i.e. – attachments, association also learning through example, the dynamic of relationships. What role males and females are EXPECTED TO PLAY levels of power/status, gender stereotypes etc., self esteem and sense of self-worth and individual responsibility of others e.g. care giving. So the psychological brain washing will have shaped the persona on a subconscious level the media and further socialization only serves to IMPRINT these false belief systems. On reaching adulthood the discrimination becomes blatantly obvious/apparent. Society tries to rectify the imbalance through new legislation etc. The big mistake we continue to make is we neglect to change early sociological perceptions. So, in effect we have missed the boat. No matter how much, people want to rectify the gross injustices especially between males and females they will never succeed unless they concentrate on preventing indoctrination of the early sociological and psychological development of each child! Hence Weinstein, the presidents club and the numerous cases seen in politics and the media !!! Male or female NOBODY can argue that each and every one of us has not experienced or witnessed throughout the developmental years ( and far beyond), in most cases Presidents club, Hollywood, media, politics, economics, religion and more disturbing global society as a whole, in the objectification of women. Isn’t it rather telling that a large proportion of men revert to a sniggering juvenile adolescent stereotypical mentality when left to their own devices. Or would the exposing of genitalia have been justified in the presence of their female relatives. Would the dress code have been the same request if couples were invited to the event Hmm!! EVERY MALE AND FEMALE has contributed to belief systems which support or try to justify the continuation of abuse. Depersonalization and stereotypical viewpoints serve to justify pathetic behavior and WRONGLY placate the conscience that this treatment of another human being (irrespective of gender) is in some preposterous way acceptable. So, this occurs again and again There are many women adept at using angle grinders, vibroplates, whackers, handsaws etc. and there are many men who couldn’t so much as change a light bulb. Skills, lightbulbs, interests, occupations in fact every activity of daily living should never be extolled as gender specific as these outdated views/beliefs have only served to create division of the sexes by creating and upholding myths and stereotypes. Until we acknowledge that gender should play NO PART in defining the ability, choices, level of power/status of ANY individual, gross inequalities will persist in society. This will only foster abuse of those less fortunate “Weaker”. Respecting the rights of every human being as valid would help to create a fairer more just society. Abusing the perceived or assumed vulnerability of others, could then be seen for what it truly is a despicable attempt to gain “power”. Further correspondence to Nicola Sturgeon, Mayim Bialik & #METOO & Human Rights Commission Washington DC Some of my further personal ideas regarding the fluidity of gender in regard to inequalities and abuse. The human race has limited gender assignment to the mere physiological genitalia at birth. Mankind has ALWAYS had free reign to designate ALL human attributes as predominately “naturally” within one gender or another thereby attempting to Pidgeon hole human beings as being “Masculine or feminine”. WE HAVE FAILED to acknowledge the fluidity of each human beings’ personal predominant gender identification or affiliation. This is a HUMAN RIGHT from birth. It is time the SOCIAL CONSTRUCT of the concept of gender is scrutinized , challenged and changed. EVERY human being should be allowed to express the essence of their uniqueness on the GENDER CONTINUUM IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY OTHER FACTORS. So, while we continue to set FALSE RESPONSIBILITES/EXPECTATIONS on an individual based SOLELY on that persons PHYSICAL ANATOMY, we fail to appreciate the natural inherent unique attributes and qualities that make up the very ESSENCE AND SPIRIT OF EVERY HUMAN BEING. Perhaps gender should always have been viewed within a continuum of alignment for both boys & girls. e.g. MASCULINE|--------|FEMININE “Masculine” and “Feminine” based traits are present within every human to varying degrees. Early humans commenced the division. Primitive man could just as easily stayed in the cave looking after the children and let the women hunt and fish.(Maybe it wasn’t as appealing to him at the time) Societies proceeded to “advance” through the ages MEN CHOOSING which sphere should be seen as pertaining to males(high powered roles) and females domesticated subservient roles. Thus, ensuring that men had the power to shape the NORMS of any given society. These choices could not be challenged as power within education, politics, employment, trade and commerce, religious bodies, civil society in general and finance ALL depended on the VIEWPOINTS OF MEN. Thus, ensuring the continuation of power remained with them. The problem is MALES and FEMALES have been brainwashed into accepting a MALE VIEWPOINT of what the role and aspirations SHOULD NATURALLY BE if you are male or female. ANY divergence out with your designated gender role has always been questioned and vehemently ridiculed as abnormal and the individual has been shunned, punished or shamed to the current day. IT IS TIME we valued each individual. Human beings’ position within the GENDER SPECTRUM as we have witnessed the societal benefits gained as a result, throughout history. Men have proven that they can effectively raise and nurture children, show immense sensitivity empathy and compassion. Appreciate beauty and convey this ability to others. They have been responsible for the creation of many beautiful pieces of art and literature which touch the hearts of many. Women are equally adept at the above. However, some women feel no maternal/nurturing instincts, and many have shown their desire and attainment of power, wealth and influence has been achievable despite the barriers. There are many sensitive and caring little boys, as there are many argumentative boisterous “tomboy” girls who have always shown keen competitiveness. Think how many more there might have been if society had acknowledged and appreciated GENDER DIVERSITY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL rather than forcing attributes, qualities, preferences, skills opportunities to reside solely with ANATOMICALLY EVIDENT boys or girls. Humankind has adopted these stereotypes as being the ideal “NATURAL” order of things. However, everyone forgets these norms were FORMED , DEFINED and continue to be MAINTAINED by those in power (MEN). If gender identification of the individual is indeed placed upon a LINEAR CONTINUUM think of the mental health issues created due to ignorance of this possibility. STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS Females – Nurturers, Care Givers, Passivity, Non-Confrontational, Non-Aggressive, Non-Competitive, Weaker, Needing Support and Protection, Dainty, Feminine, Less Intellectually Able, Neurotic, Emotional, Hormonal, Menopausal, Post-Natal, Pregnant, Irrational Mood Swings. Males – Strong, Aggressive, Competitive, Difficult/Unable to Control behaviour due to Desire, High Libido, Breadwinner, Protector, Goal and Power Orientated, Non-Domesticated, Need Cared For, Main Provider, Responsible for All Heavy MANual Labour ALL of these attributes have been WRONGLY associated with men or women and every society has worked extremely hard at encouraging and maintain these FALSE HYPOTHESES from cradle to grave. There is no longer a dire need for men to be the provider, like the hunter gatherers. Nor the main bread winner. Cooking a Sunday meal, styling his little girls’ hair, or crying at a film, WILL NOT lead to emasculation. There is no longer a need for women to be solely responsible for nurturing babies. Nor is there a need for a female to stay at home and disregard participation in Law, Finance, Education or Politics if she wishes for fear of her LITTLE BRAIN being overwhelmed to the point of destruction. Its time society allowed ALL human beings to openly define their position within the gender spectrum/continuum by being allowed to express their inherent attributes. IRRESPECTIVE of anatomy, physiology, sexual orientation NOR any other persons VIEWPOINT of FALSE STEREOTYPICAL IDEOLOGIES. Surely this should ALWAYS have been a HUMAN RIGHT. Women entering the workplace can only encourage change hopefully WITHOUT it being seen as TOKENISM. Men who remain at home to raise, nurture and care for their children should be encouraged for opposing society’s FORCED discriminatory stereotypes ALL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE MANIPULATED into believing PERCIEVED GENDER ROLES which seek to limit an individual’s qualities, life choices and attributes, but ENSURE we do NOT assign any one attribute to be solely male or female oriented. Women have continuously had to fight MAN MADE barriers which were put in place to ensure that the domination and power of men could not be challenged. In effect this ensured MOST WOMEN would REMAIN within their DEFINED “FEMALE” ROLE by believing and not challenging the status quo of the pre-set boundaries men initially created. Feminism should not be viewed as an effort to emasculate men; just as new age men should not be viewed as effeminate and antagonistic to a “man’s man persona”. They are in effect efforts to reclaim the right to express the essence of the diversity in each individual human being wherever that may be on the gender continuum without prejudice or discrimination Male or Female people should ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED to develop into THE PERSON THEY WERE INTENDED TO BECOME. The theoretical idea of a gender continuum would appreciate the DYNAMIC NATURE OF EVERY PERSONA throughout each individual’s lifespan with regards to EVERY ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING OR EXPRESSION. Due to the complexity of human beings the position which is held on the continuum would depend on WHAT ATTRIBUTE WAS BEING EXPRESSED at any given time. An appreciation of the effects of nature and nurture on lived experience would further highlight the UNIQUENESS of each individual’s placement in regard to each separate attribute being expressed. GENITALIA & SEXUAL PERSUASION should be IRRELEVANT when any human being to expressing the essence of who they are. The NATURAL ORDER of things should always have been FREEDOM of each individual’s expression. Educators need to TEACH and PROMOTE this at the earliest psychological and sociological opportunity if societal culture is to change for the better. FAIR distribution of power and opportunity was meant for ALL HUMAN BEINGS, greedy power-hungry MANIPULATORS FED OTHERS IN SOCIETY LIES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE would be maintained by fostering stereotypical viewpoints that females were naturally subservient, dependent and weak. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED As women have shown their strength in all spheres of society and continue to do so. Men should be encouraged to be sensitive, compassionate and empathic. HAD A GENDER CONTINUUM BEEN CONSIDERED AT THE BEGINNING then it would have been IMPOSSIBLE TO DISPUTE. THE BALANCE OF POWER SHOULD BE SHARED as each individual possessed “masculine” and “feminine” traits to varying degrees. Neither chromosomes nor anatomy promote strength or weakness. MEN initially were responsible in PUTTING VALUE ON CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES and DENOTING WEAKNESS TO OTHER ATTRIBUTES. MEN then COVENTED THOSE THAT THEY VALUED, (led to power), and women were TAUGHT that the role women “instinctually” should adopt is that of carer, nurturer etc. Had men not been allowed to choose their “Masculine” attributes, the label would never have existed. All these labels have created, is division of the Sexes. The creator did not package newborn babies with a list of pertinent attributes attached to their umbilical cord’s dependent on whether male or female. That is how absurd man is to make assumptions based on the need for a control and power grab. SOCIAL COMPLIANCE WAS THEN ENSURED through law, government, power, wealth, peer pressure and gender stereotypes. MEN CREATED GENDER STEREOTYPES and division of the sexes in order to dominate and control. They indoctrinated all of society to believe these false discriminatory ideologies. SOCIETY CONTINUES TO UPHOLD THESE MYTHS This only maintains prejudice discrimination and inequalities GENDER and its inherent division SHOULD HAVE NEVER EXISTED. Babies when born should be termed boys in reference to their genitalia and girls in reference to their anatomy. HOWEVER - : If we are to care for others holistically with a humanistic approach. EVERY HUMAN BEING whether boy or girl SHOULD HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS UPHELD by being able to express the ESSENCE of their individuality concerning qualities and attributes. The UNIVERSAL nature of the GENDER CONTINUUM ENABLES HUMANITY TO EVOLVE NATURALLY INTO WHAT IT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT FORCED LIMITATONS OR SOCIETAL RIDICULE OR SCRUTINY. Boys and girls have only ONE life to be who they were born to be, then abuse might stop finally. All of these topics if not addressed can only increase ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. The proliferation of ACEs is undeniable, the COST on a MICRO and GLOBALLY MACRO SCALE TO SOCIETY is UNQUANTIFIABLE. Every single one of us in the present and future have a HUMANITARIAN OBLIGATION to rectify this injustice NOW. We all need to adopt a conscious conscience by substituting materialism with humanism, nurturing a holistic, compassionate, empathic world where we seek to alleviate the distress or assist with the welfare of others, instead of seeking to take the power from people, to boost our own sense of importance/ego when it actually has the OPPOSITE effect. PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE, PEER PRESSURE,BULLYING, IGNORANCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, GENDER STEREOTYPES, OBJECTIFICATION, DEPERSONALIZATION, MYSOGYNY/SELF ENTITLEMENT,VICARIOUS LEARNING, POOR ATTACHMENT, INABILITY TO SELF SOOTHE, MATERIALISM/GREED, FRAGMENTATION OF COMMUNITY, NO SENSE OF PURPOSE /CONTROL, ALL INEQUALITIES INITIATE AND PERPETUATE ADVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY, Imagine a just and fair society where women could display as many or as little “masculine traits” as were NATURALLY developing within them. Or the sensitive nurturing empathic boy was able to openly be himself without ridicule from his peers. Where a woman could stay at home as main carer without the dynamic goal orientated working woman calling her lazy. While the woman who is a carer views her as a “poor mother”, or the stay at home father being viewed by his peers as “Henpecked” and “Under the Thumb”. What about ALL the young men attending A&E with injuries sustained when trying to prove their dominant masculinity? Through displaying violence and aggression How many girls sacrificed their career and prospects to be “Stereotypical” stay at home mums in order to placate acceptable societal norms. Imagine if the CONTINUUM HAD EXISTED: MASCULINEFEMININE TRAITSTRAITS ß-----------------------------Boys and girls Life Span -------------------à
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