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The Myth of Universal Patriarchy

This argument seems flawed from the onset so conclusions derived from believing the opening paragraph will likely be flawed also.

The writer bases their rationale on this:

"...it is often said by most of humanity that the greatest crimes have been toward women by men - and this spanning all the way back since the beginning of time up until now still today."

The Myth of Universal Patriarchy:

"The dangerous, "ennobling lie" that Eller attempts to debunk is the recognition that human societies have not always supported male domination in social structure and religious practice. In contrast to Western myth of universal patriarchy and the hegemony of a transcendent male monotheistic God believed to exist from the beginning of time, the so-called myth of matriarchal prehistory posits, in its simplest terms, that women were honored at the center of early non-patriarchal, non-warlike, egalitarian societies and the powers of nature were originally venerated primarily in female forms. Male domination, therefore, is not an inevitable, universal human condition and it is possible to create viable, balanced societies in the future."
http://www.awakenedwoman.com/br_myth_matriarchal.htm

There are numerous references online which point to patriarchy being a recent occurrence (in terms of world history). There is no supporting evidence that from the "beginning of time" men have been committing crimes against women, and from what I have researched, most indigenous African and Asian societies held their women in the highest esteem.

Even among indigenous groups in Africa, Asia and South America where they have not incorporated Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and other colonizing influences into their value systems, we do not see women being abused.

It is dangerous speculating about diverse people from the perspective of European and Arab standards, especially since those standards were not valued indigenously and were forced through brutalization.

Responsibility for the present conduct of people whose indigenous lifestyles, families and environment were invaded and torn apart should start with examination of the people who invaded and forced their false values on them.

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