Although we all knew that changes in the way we interact with others were desperately needed,  I’m amazed at how quickly the laws of the “old” patriarchal regime and its’ corresponding codes and patterns of behaviour are being rejected by ever increasing numbers of people. Obviously, more and more of us are waking up and taking our power back from those who seek, or have sought,  to dominate and control us.  

Those people who are still heavily invested in the “old” way of doing things  aren’t giving up their positions of power and dominance without a struggle, however,  and many of us have been witnessing some unpleasant “final throes” as these adherents of the dying regime  attempt to hold on to their status,  control and power over us. There have been some very gruelling incidents and encounters for some of us as these increasingly unstable characters have resorted to all kinds of unprincipled tactics  designed to keep us in line and in our place( which according to them is doing what they want us to do.)  I’ve heard of people threatening, lying, deceiving,  bribing, and/or, launching vicious verbal attacks and assaults on those who are starting to refuse to be, or do,  exactly what these tyrants and bullies want.   Read the rest of this entry »