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Day 15: The Woman of the Future

Council of Kerlile Archive – Item #75206

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Details of document: essay submitted by Olivia Pierre for grading as an assignment for Political Ideology class in April 2010. Reported by teacher.

Essay question: How can we further develop our ideology to improve Kerlian society and create a better world for the women of the future?
Please justify your answer in reference to class reading materials. 500 words.

Submission:
Kerlile was founded upon a dream. A dream that there could be one country in the world where women were able to control their own lives without the control of men which was so evident in most of the world of the time. It is clear we have achieved that dream[1] – but at what cost?

We have become like the men our Founding Mothers fled. Instead of building our own path forward, we have merely done unto them as they did unto us. Yes, in the pre-Founding world, women couldn’t open bank accounts without the control of their husbands in many countries – but now in Kerlile men can’t open bank accounts without the control of their wives[2], and how is that better?

We said we would move into the future, but we are stuck reliving the past in opposite. In many ways we are more restrictive, banning men legally from things that pre-Founding women were only culturally dissuaded from[3]. We glorify the military[4], showing that we can be just as warmongering as them – copying them. The way we have structured our society is to copy the men of Before.

Instead, we should try to be better. We should completely throw out the models of human behaviour of the past and create something new. If we truly want to create a society where women are valued and the threat of domination of one gender of the other is erased then we must make something that hasn’t been seen before. Doing the same thing over again in reverse will lead to the same outcomes – conflict, resentment and a desire for vengeance and to flip the scales.

Instead, let us imagine the ideal woman of the future:

She does not react immediately with the desire for violence. Instead, she considers the options calmly and carefully; balancing strength with empathy. We do not beat men by trying to beat them at their game.

She looks forward, not back. Instead of building resentment over the past, she considers what can now be created to make things better going forward. We can learn from history without letting it control us.

She derives her strength from herself, not from making others weak. She does not need to oppress others in order to consider herself successful. We can make life better for women without making it worse for men.

If we want to create a better future, we need to leave behind the mistakes of the past. We need to develop an ideology of equality, not of vengeance. We have taken control of our own lives, yes; but we have also taken control of lives that were not ours to take. Our society will be fragile as long as it contains so much oppression. If we want to improve society and create a better world, we need to actually be willing to improve and be better, not keep doing the same thing over and over again.

REFERENCES
[1] Kerlian Bureau of Statistics (2009) “Report on Gender Differences in Kerlile 2009”.
[2] Financial Services Regulation Act (Males) 1973.
[3] Cartwright, N (2004) “Introduction to Gender Stereotypes in Pre-Founding Cultures”, p. 64
[4] Kerlian Broadcasting Service Nightly News episodes 11 Apr 2010, 13 Apr 2010, 14 Apr 2010, 20 Apr 2010, etc.

Grade and comments:
F. Shows a complete lack of understanding of the threat posed by foreign states. Over-repetitive sentence structure. Inconsistent formatting of references. SEE ME AFTER CLASS.