MK, you have a mom, just like I do.
I don't know your mom's history, but I do know she got you to adulthood and you are not in prison as far as I know. My mom raised me and I didn't end up a violent person. You don't strike me as liking violence, but you do strike me as dreamy eyed and wanting good and justice like I did when I was young.
How is it two different moms raised kids to not be violent? Two moms from different sides of the planet whom never met each other?
I don't think religion is the cure one bit. I think the reason you haven't gone off the edge with your youth angst and I didn't go off the edge with my youth angst, is that both of us had just enough support to not lead to that desperation.
I am and always have been an oddball. I never fit in as a kid, always picked last at sports, desperate to fit in. My mom and I were also polar opposites politically and even neatness. She was raised authoritarian, I was sensitive. But the one thing I always knew, even with our differences, is that she would not let me drowned. She may have yelled at me, and not liked some of the things I did, but she was always my life guard.
So MK, if you agree that women are valuable, then don't look at the "value" as being a Ming Dynasty vase you cant touch, but valuable in that woman can be and are as durable and tough as men. Look at women like they can be your hero and be your mentor and caregiver.
My mom was my hero, my mentor and my caregiver, and she was far more mentally tough than I will ever be.
I don't know your mom's history, but I do know she got you to adulthood and you are not in prison as far as I know. My mom raised me and I didn't end up a violent person. You don't strike me as liking violence, but you do strike me as dreamy eyed and wanting good and justice like I did when I was young.
How is it two different moms raised kids to not be violent? Two moms from different sides of the planet whom never met each other?
I don't think religion is the cure one bit. I think the reason you haven't gone off the edge with your youth angst and I didn't go off the edge with my youth angst, is that both of us had just enough support to not lead to that desperation.
I am and always have been an oddball. I never fit in as a kid, always picked last at sports, desperate to fit in. My mom and I were also polar opposites politically and even neatness. She was raised authoritarian, I was sensitive. But the one thing I always knew, even with our differences, is that she would not let me drowned. She may have yelled at me, and not liked some of the things I did, but she was always my life guard.
So MK, if you agree that women are valuable, then don't look at the "value" as being a Ming Dynasty vase you cant touch, but valuable in that woman can be and are as durable and tough as men. Look at women like they can be your hero and be your mentor and caregiver.
My mom was my hero, my mentor and my caregiver, and she was far more mentally tough than I will ever be.