Attachment is the cause of violence, and much else that is negative besides. But higher love between a man and a woman is not an impossibility, and I do feel sorry for those who have never experienced it. It is necessary to be able to distinguish the true from the false in life. Only then can you bring anything of value to your relationships, boy/girl and otherwise. I have not read all of Elizabeth's posts, but it seems as if the mere fact that she is female makes her a suitable target for the GFers who somehow seek to improve her. Believe me, I get what the QRS formulation of WOMAN means. I think every guy comes to know this, if not tacitly to accept it. It is why I have always been drawn to the "tomboy" type of woman, one who can understand men enough so that she does not automatically, even if often subconsciously, objectify and manipulate the males around her.Here is my major criticism of Elizabeth - since she has been on GF, she has struggled to maintain a consistent rational philosophy. For instance: On the one hand, she wants world peace, but on the other hand she continues to cleave onto animal values such as romanticism/boy-girl relationships. She is unable to see how attachment is the cause of violence.
Only here could a pierced ear mean so much! As I wade though all the postings, I find myself asking, what? Did Elizabeth pierce her ears or not? Did she decide to shave her legs or decide to stop shaving them? Elizabeth, I don't know why you even bother with GF. Is this really the best venue in which to make peace with Femininity?
Would somebody care to give me a boost up onto the bandwagon? A link to where Elizabeth shows herself to be less or other than human, as Sue has implied?
Why can't everyone see this? The QRS WOMAN is a caricature of a woman, but not just any woman, the woman, the one who did the most damage. Was it Mother? Was it First Girlfriend? Last Girlfriend? First Wife? Last Wife? Your Neighbor's Wife?Elizabeth wrote:Femininity is far different from the QRS WOMAN. She is actually not very feminine at all. That is like taking the worst traits common to males and calling that masculinity.
I get it that the aim of GF is to foster enlightenment by means of eradicating delusions, among them the false expectations that seem to grow between the sexes. I admire this goal tremendously. But let's remember that few people are stereotypes. I get the exact same reaction when I see someone on these boards equate Elizabeth or anyone else with the QRS WOMAN that I got when I forced myself to read Sisterhood is Powerful. I didn't identify myself with MAN as depicted in those writings. And I encounter few if any women in real life that conform to the QRS WOMAN.