>Helen, i fully agree. My biggest question to everyone, however, is how
>to get from here to there. "WE," despite women making up 51%, we as
>feminists/ecocology-minded folk are in the minority. How do we work
>with, work past, change, what is so ingrained in our society? Yes, it
>does take each individual's action, and yes, change is slow -- but
>perhaps that is part of the problem/part of what i'm asking. The
>deterioration of the earth is happening far too rapidly. In the States,
>at least, people in general are so self-focused that they connot see
>past themselves. And that is a vicious cycle in itself.
>WHY have we devolved to a capitalist centered system? What was/is the
>attraction? This is not a rhetorical question.
> I was told once that you have to start "where people are," and if you
>do not start form that place your efforts will be futile. Seems like a
>catch 22 to me.
>seeking response,
>gwendolyn
>
I think that the only thing we have time for at this point is separatism:
for women to withdraw all our resources from patriarchy and to turn out
attention single-mindedly to our own issues, which are our welfare and the
welfare of our children. Taking a page from any other power struggle on the
planet, be it labor-management wars or colonial situations, or the Civil
Rights movement... nothing is achieved without a separatist
culture/movement/political agenda.
