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to have representation of 40% in the boardroom. Here in the U.S., even though we’re more than 50% of the population there’s only 17% of women in leadership in academia, corporations and government. So our voice is not represented out there. Things are getting better for women but we still are not included in making the decisions that move us forward when only 17% are involved in the decision making processes.
Karen states having equality won’t unravel society, instead it will create a more caring culture, and that’s what feminists want. A car- ing culture brings in the feminine aspects of nurturing, taking care of one another.
Some people have fear, men in particular, that when feminists or women’s advocates or goddess advocates start talking we want to flip the table over and become patriarchy in a skirt and we want woman to rule the world.
But what women truly want is a partnership, a real partnership. So that’s all we’re talking about – we simply want equality and that bears the question, what is fearful about that?
There are some scholars who study matriarchy cultures and some still exist today. If you look at their values, they have some very im- portant ones that if we embraced
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in our society it would improve the standard of living for everyone. They value nurturing, and children and women are at the center of society rather than on the fringes like they are in so many cultures where they don’t have decent health care, education and clean water to drink
Karen talks publicly about sacred feminism as a means for social transformation wanting humankind to use those values towards a more sustainable future.
In order to do that Karen be- lieves first we have to recognize that there is inequality, and inequality is not sustainable, besides not being fair and moral. Karen doesn’t think it was ever intended that there was this inequality between the genders. She pictures God and Goddess sitting in heaven, holding hands and asking why did our children ever divorce us?
So in this patriarchal society we have those who have riches at the top of the pyramid who are pulling all the strings, they’re the puppet masters. The rest of us are at the base of the pyramid at the mercy of those at the top. Very few people hold the wealth, and the middle class is disappearing Goddess ideals are about abun- dance, fairness, justice, equality and Goddess is for everyone, for the have-nots as well, so we can all have joy and abundance, and the possibility of wonderful fulfilling rights.
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There are so many costs to our society when we deny the God- dess. If we had come through the last few thousand years with god- dess ruling side by side with God we have to ask would we have domestic violence, bride burning, female mutilation, sex trafficking Unequal pay? Would we have all these things that subjugate women?
We have to get out there our-
“So in this patriarchal so who have riches at the who are pulling all the puppet masters. The base of the pyramid a at the top. Very few peo and the middle clas
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fairness, justice, equalit everyone, for the have can all have joy and a possibility of wonder
selves and make a difference and part of that is supporting one another. But also Karen says it’s important to say it doesn’t mean that we support any women just because they are a woman. This is about supporting women who
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