Sunday, September 1, 2013

Planning for revoluton in retrospect

Sooner or later we will get equality between men and women in the society. It will imply a major change of power. It will be like the revolution in Russia when the old tsarist power structures were destroyed and eventually replaced by new structures. The Russian revolution is however a bad example. It can not be used as a model for a feminist revolution. The Russian revolution was very male, made by men for men. It was brutal, made without a plan and without a clear goal. Now, in 2013, the world is in a pre-revolutionary stage in relation to equality for men and women. This means that we can plan the changes which will be necessary. This plan has two parts. The first is how to achieve change, and the other is to develop a vision about a society in equality. So the planning is not only about making a change, but mainly about the consequences of change. We should be able to see the changes in retrospect even before they have started. Or else we might end up in worse situation. A society in equality is a luxury state. It is nothing to fear. Its principles could be quiet harmony, productivity, individual fulfillment and global responsibility. Quiet harmony means that conflicts are solved with harmony rather than aggression and violence. The old respect for anger is dissolved as obsolete. Productivity is a major goal for change. The potential of women productivity could be used more efficiently. But male productivity should also be used. The ideal is a win-win situation. Individual fulfillment can be achieved if the level of production is so high all can have free resources. Global responsibility means that resources will not be distributed according to old privileges but according to the needs of people and the facts of nature.

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