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[–]storyendingnever 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

I fully agree about the brain. Creativity and questioning are undervalued qualities, and the latter especially is discouraged in so many places.

I'm so glad you had childhood influences and ways to find truth. I do believe in 'better late than never', but you can save yourself so much grief if you can peel the onion, so to speak, early on. Books can be true friends and partners in this quest.

Yes, I dream of in-person discussions with women who have freed themselves, or at least are on the path to freeing themselves. When I left China a year-and-a-half ago, I left behind a dear friend half my age who, despite our many differences, was a true sister. There was so much freedom in hours-long discussions, the likes of which I hadn't had before. I would love to have that again. Women are so cut off from one another. The intellectual suffering is very serious.

[–]trash_dakimakura 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

When I left China a year-and-a-half ago, I left behind a dear friend half my age who, despite our many differences, was a true sister.

I wish I could have experienced something of that nature. I was able to bond with other girls even women on various subjects that we're passionate about (architecture, art, etc.) but I could never speak freely about my views on certain things, what I think of men and my opinion on the position of women in the world and it made me feel as if our relationships could never be complete. Even if I said something that's statistically true like men commit more rapes and crimes, they would feel uncomfortable and wanted to change subject. I can't imagine how they would have reacted if I fully disclosed some of my blackpills. And in the end, most women don't want to think about it. They're all counting that somehow their sweetheart is going to be different from the rest and they're willing to sacrifice so much in order to become a wife and/or mother. To which extent is it nature/nurture we will never precisely know but it is what hinders so many women from bonding. Sexual competition exists in both sexes but I think that the one amongst women seems to be more divisive than the one in males. And it's because of that that it's so rare and precious to find a likeminded sister, a kindred soul with whom you could occasionally discuss various issues without sugarcoating things and reserving opinions.

[–]storyendingnever 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It still astounds me that I even met this woman at all, and I wish everyone could experience it once in their lives. I know exactly what you mean about the state of denial the vast majority of women live in. They can't do otherwise and still maintain the relationships with men that they have. I'm trying to imagine being married or having a son, and the mental gymnastics I'd have to do to not kill them both, nevermind serve them and their endless neediness and disrespect. I mean, the fact that other oppressed groups are not pressured or forced to have such intimate relationships with a member of the very class of people who actively try to destroy them and their cohort on a daily basis (or at best just benefit from their harm), is very telling. Only women are herded into this type of situation and convinced it is somehow natural and good for them, and then, even if they manage to wise up, they are usually stuck there through breeding situation. It is quite rare for a woman to walk away from a child she birthed. It has got to be a hall of mirrors inside these women's head, seeing glimpses of the horrors of the truth of their lives, and then if they try to get a closer look, the light changes the reflection and they aren't sure of anything anymore. There are so many coping mechanisms needed in order to deal with male relationships. But denial is a big one. And the clichés and mantras that most women have at the ready when they are faced with cold hard facts that contradict their entire worldview are things they have heard from birth from everyone around them.

It's frustrating not being able to candidly discuss facts with women though. I've gotten to a point where I can tell the exact point in a conversation with a woman I don't know well where she is mentally starting to inch away from me in fear due to something I've said, and I know she will never speak to me again even if she ends the conversation politely. Sigh...

I've always found it interesting that males in direct competition can always bond over hurting women, but women almost never bond over the shared experience of being hurt by men.