She dares to venture beyond the limitations of villagers’ thoughts and is immediately labelled a vile witch, for treading unfamiliar ground with incomprehensible intent.
A woman who crosses boundaries needs to be punished for a demo effect, to preserve a precious culture holding vintage value, lest other females ditch their housekeeping and child-bearing roles and start thinking.
This is how large empires are run with distributed conditional power – can you blame the head of a family with an errant daughter, for believing that compliance with social norms is a tool of survival?
The dire threats thrown at the family are menacing, clenched fists struggling to withhold emptiness, hawkish eyes trying hard to conceal fear of losing control, but eager to know if minds of the majority are held captive.
There is an implicit agreement in the carefully built structure, that power does not come free, and the license of social affiliation is critical for survival or acceptance.
She gives in silently to illogical authoritarianism, retreating to the confines of unthinking, deceptively white walls, while her agent ensures that all her stories are published with a pen name – anonymity is essential to spread her ideas beyond the edge of bonded existence.
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A wonderful six sentence story Reena! Bravo! Xo
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Thank you, Carol!
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Wow, Reena! This packs a punch and is a powerful story! Well done!
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Carol, I must give you special thanks for the continuing appreciation and encouragement.
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You’re most welcome, it’s my pleasure, you have a real talent for writing 💐💐
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🙌❤️
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It is hard to change the culture, as human nature does not change.
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It will not change as long as vested interests remain. The implicit benefits need to go.
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“There is an implicit agreement in the carefully built structure, that power does not come free, and the license of social affiliation is critical for survival or acceptance.”
Damn! Don’t that say it all.
No matter how benign the bestowing the benefits of membership, without consent it is coercion.
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I like this – “Without consent it is coercion”.
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Sometimes being anonymous helps.
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It is a kind of protection. Thank you, Frank!
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Unfortunately, the society is not changing with time as it should
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Agree. Thank you, Sadje!
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My pleasure 😇
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