{"id":3837,"date":"2018-05-28T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T06:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2018-05-28T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T07:08:39","slug":"god-is-dead-women-killed-him-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/god-is-dead-women-killed-him-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"God is dead. Women killed him. Finally."},"content":{"rendered":"

So you may have heard the news that broke over the weekend about Morgan Freeman aka Hollywood face of God who has been accused by 8 women<\/a> of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

It is a terrible blow to imagine that the Voice we all love and the smiling wise character of God he always played has turned to dust in our mouths. His net assets are worth 200 million dollars so of course, he has good lawyers and he has, of course, issued a denial.<\/p>\n

As did Bill Cosby<\/a> initially. And Woody Allen. And Harvey Weinstein. And\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

But you know what? Whatever the eventual outcome, this is a good thing! It seems unfair in case he does turn out to be innocent, but this is lifting the final curtain and peeking beyond the shadows on the walls of our cave.<\/p>\n

Plato\u2019s cave is one of the most important and powerful allegories<\/a> forming the basis of Western philosophy.<\/p>\n

Briefly– it talks of a cave where some people are held and they only see shadows on the walls of the cave as things move around outside. One of them finally goes out and sees the actual reality which is casting the shadows. He comes back to tell them and they threaten to kill him for breaking their illusions.<\/p>\n

That, in a nutshell, is most people\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

We may speak of Feminism and Equality endlessly but Patriarchy and Power will never be amenable to mere \u2018modification\u2019. The entire edifice needs to be shattered, the uprooting and rebuilding may take raging ages and cause a lot of collateral damage, but this is a war that has to be won.<\/p>\n

\"god<\/p>\n

This is what Jessa Crispin is saying in her book Why I am not a Feminist<\/a>. She says we cannot work on the inside to change this structure that imprisons us all. Do not be under any delusion that patriarchy is good for all men either! It is good only for those who are heteronormative or rich or educated or high caste but yes, within any intersection the men will ALWAYS have more privilege than women, and hence the continued need for feminism.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the time has come to stop negotiations and begins the demolition.<\/p>\n

How long will we just accumulate lists?<\/p>\n