New Age Lifestyle

You raise some interesting ideas and thoughts.

The three Abrahamic religions are very paternalist in basic outlook, with, I would suggest, Islam being the most,  with a strong element of misogyny. Within Christianity, particularly the Catholic strand, there is an undercurrent of respect and worship for Women, centered on Mary; while Protestantism is generally much more male dominant - the purge of 'witches' or wise women in the 16th/17th centuries being a case in point. While Judaism is nominally very paternalist, its matrilineal features shouldn’t be forgotten, and anyone who has known Jewish families will know how dominant many Jewish Women can be!

The other major world religions are also fairly paternalistic, although Woman worship is quite prevalent in corners of Hinduism.

I think what we are seeing in western religions is the increase in power of Women within churches, which merely reflects what is happening in wider societies. Women vicars, Women bishops…

I'm sure this trend will accelerate. The last twenty years have seen attempts to allow Women to be ordained in the Catholic Church, and although these have so far been resisted, it is hard to believe that the Church will not eventually crumble. The Catholic practise of confession has always given priests a great deal of power over their flock: imagine what a radical feminist Woman Catholic priest would be able to do with this power.

Maybe a new religion, as Ms Lesv0s suggests is a way forward, but the route of entryism - using the existing structures, but turning them to New Age usage, might be a better way?

On the commerciality of Christmas, I have to agree. It’s very distasteful to see the shops putting out the Christmas tat earlier every year, and the expectations of children being ramped ever higher. Of course in female led households, where the Woman controls the purse strings, Christmas expenditure can be managed properly and appropriately.

Ooooh my darling Ms Lesv0s as a silly air head male my worries are keeping my superiors home spotless her clothes clean laundered and put away for her my work in her kitchen and my ability to please her in the kitchen and and definitely in her bedroom.Sorry Ms Lesv0s But my superiors is my only goal in my lovely new age lifestyle darling Ms Lesv0s

My wife thinks it goes back to when men discovered they were part of procreation. Before that
women were worshipped as the givers of life. Patriarchy grew from when men found out they
impregnated the women.

For instance, when the Neanderthal caves were discovered. We've all seen the drawings of animals
and hunting, they did not share the drawings of female genitalia that were also there.