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Carol Gilligan Naomi Snider Why Does Patriarchy Persist?
Carol Gilligan is a writer, activist, NY University professor, and the author of In A Different Voice, one of the most influential feminist books of all time.
Naomi Snider is a research fellow at NYU, and founder of NYU’s Radical Listening Project
They’re giving a talk, January 31st in NYC
https://wp.nyu.edu/freeandpublic/2018/12/01/january-31-why-does-patriarchy-persist/
What is patriarchy
Avoidant attachment
How does patriarchy hurt men?
Carol, can you talk about the idea you propose in your book, In a Different Voice?
Then explain how it ties in with your new book, Why Does Patriarchy exist?
Patriarchy and democracy
Democracy and connection
What is connection? What are the challenges of connection?, Crises of connection
Difference between relationship and relationships
Rules of patriarchy. Consequences of breaking them
Unconscious effects of patriarchy
Psychological functions and motives of patriarchy
Evolutional anthropology and Patriarchy
Domination vs relationships
Sacrifice of love and patriarchy, refuge from loss
Patriarchy and hierarchy
Resistance to …. Love, losing connection
Three kinds of resistance: Immune, Healthy psychological resistance to pressure, political resistance—speaking truth to power
Oppression vs relational capacity
Core tie between oppressions: Desire to live in connection, have voice, register rupture, respond with protest
Baby video bit.ly/babydisrupted
Connection, ruptures, healing hierarchy
Tie to John Bowlby’s pathology description
Patriarchal Womanhood, manhood
Authoritarians
Initiation into patriarchal manhood and womanhood subverts the ability to repair ruptures in relationship.
Trump, trump supporters, his meeting with Pelosi
Patriarchy produces loss of connection while protecting us
People sacrifice connection through the embrace of patriarchy to, in a sense, circumcise their hearts
Boys moving through prekindergarten to kindergarten to first grade, becoming boys, suppressing empathy, hiding vulnerability.
Boys go from loving their best friend to, by the end of high school, not having one.
Myths related to patriarchy: Oedipus, Eros, Psyche and Venus
Patriarchy persists in part because it forces a betrayal of love and then renders the loss irreparable.
Preventing being like Oedipus, blindly walking into what be our fate.
Loss of connection
Carol Gilligan Naomi Snider Why Does Patriarchy Persist?
Carol Gilligan is a writer, activist, NY University professor, and the author of In A Different Voice, one of the most influential feminist books of all time.
Naomi Snider is a research fellow at NYU, and founder of NYU’s Radical Listening Project
They’re giving a talk, January 31st in NYC
https://wp.nyu.edu/freeandpublic/2018/12/01/january-31-why-does-patriarchy-persist/
What is patriarchy
Avoidant attachment
How does patriarchy hurt men?
Carol, can you talk about the idea you propose in your book, In a Different Voice?
Then explain how it ties in with your new book, Why Does Patriarchy exist?
Patriarchy and democracy
Democracy and connection
What is connection? What are the challenges of connection?, Crises of connection
Difference between relationship and relationships
Rules of patriarchy. Consequences of breaking them
Unconscious effects of patriarchy
Psychological functions and motives of patriarchy
Evolutional anthropology and Patriarchy
Domination vs relationships
Sacrifice of love and patriarchy, refuge from loss
Patriarchy and hierarchy
Resistance to …. Love, losing connection
Three kinds of resistance: Immune, Healthy psychological resistance to pressure, political resistance—speaking truth to power
Oppression vs relational capacity
Core tie between oppressions: Desire to live in connection, have voice, register rupture, respond with protest
Baby video bit.ly/babydisrupted
Connection, ruptures, healing hierarchy
Tie to John Bowlby’s pathology description
Patriarchal Womanhood, manhood
Authoritarians
Initiation into patriarchal manhood and womanhood subverts the ability to repair ruptures in relationship.
Trump, trump supporters, his meeting with Pelosi
Patriarchy produces loss of connection while protecting us
People sacrifice connection through the embrace of patriarchy to, in a sense, circumcise their hearts
Boys moving through prekindergarten to kindergarten to first grade, becoming boys, suppressing empathy, hiding vulnerability.
Boys go from loving their best friend to, by the end of high school, not having one.
Myths related to patriarchy: Oedipus, Eros, Psyche and Venus
Patriarchy persists in part because it forces a betrayal of love and then renders the loss irreparable.
Preventing being like Oedipus, blindly walking into what be our fate.
Loss of connection
