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'Walking Marriages'
Finally a topic that epitomizes the name of this village!
www.clamormagazine.org
Just fascinating!
Can you picture yourself participating in such an arrangement?
Is it right or wrong?
www.clamormagazine.org
Just fascinating!
Can you picture yourself participating in such an arrangement?
Is it right or wrong?
Comments on this journal
Just because the Mosuo women have more control over their selection of mates does not mean the same thing as men having the same control.
Therefore, when reading about the Mosuo culture you have to wonder what a miracle it is that so many couples decided to go against patriarchy and become more equal in terms of sharing power to form a different society.
I think the Mosuo are a sign from God.
Any good examples Shazia04?
Pro's
women taking the lead
women doing all the housework while I smoke my pipe in old age
Con's
Sooner or later I'm gonna burst out yelling at my sister, "Whose retarded kids are these!"
- serious child bonding issues
However, I still like that line, "Hey, handsome boy?Come on over, I just killed a goat."
that is about the extent of my knowledge as it pertains to this society....
I hardly think that judging an entire group of people based on 1 link to an article is sufficient...
That kind of generalization has never played out well with any group of people - the Muslim community should know that, since we have be targeted as deviants ourselves in the eyes of the media...
Are they fairing any better than us?
What inequalities exist in the Mosuo culture and is it a significant issue?
Is equality impossible to achieve then? Because nature somehow always dictates that we have a sex-based hiearchy?
Is this what women really want?
I understand completely that for women to behave in this way without being called names or being shunned or worse is unusual. But I'm just not sure that having a matriarchal orthodoxy makes it right - just different
"Cousin marriage can cause genetic problems - that's always been a recognised possibility but tonight on Newsnight the Labour MP Ann Cryer calls for an end to the practice of cousin marriage after an investigation by this programme reports that British Pakistanis are 13 times more likely to have children with recessive disorders than the general population.
It's estimated that at least 55% of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins, a tradition also common in other South Asian and Middle Eastern countries."
Watch newsnight between Wed 16th 10.40pm (GMT) - Thurs 10.40pm (GMT) on the web at news.bbc.co.uk
I don't care if the system was driven by lust or choosing of best men by women to mate (doesn't it happen anyways in patriarchial soceity too ?) or even giving it a name of fairness for women.. give me a break.
In Kerela there was a "village" (for lack of another word) that was largely matriarchal and survived just fine for centuries because they had a wall around their community. Their culture and ways were intact and they were no threat to anyone or in any way harming themselves. however, in 1996 (I think - or close to that) they were forced to take down their walls and assimilate. the entire group was essentially "lost" as it mixed in with the rest of "society". Same thing with other places... in Brazil... etc. Oftentimes the influence from "developed" countries is good... but oftentimes bad. To take this village and turn them into a cultural exhibit is to dehumanize and insult an entire people and their way of life... and most basic among human rights is respect!!!!!!!
I sense this is true from the authors' comments on how beautiful the Mosuo people are. It may mean that the Mosuo women are picking the hot Mosuo men only and / or their sex lives are robust and healthier because of it?
(there just could be an undercurrent of polygyny and polyandry mutualism)
If the above scenario is true (gatekeepers), then has not the power game been truly reversed from the global norm?
Of course, the power stemming from having the right to make a proposition first is not the comprehensive definition of female emancipation, however, I think it makes for a fantastic bargaining leverage.
That is something difficult to abandon, but when it is percieved as an acceptable norm
(as opposed to female genital mutilation in some parts of Africa as a rite of passage - which would be unacceptable), being able to see things from their perspective - or attempt to, becomes easier....
The interesting thing about this society is that neither the female, nor the male gets shunned from society when taking on multiple partners. It is a matriarch, giving all the power of finance and living conditions to the women.... men live with their mothers here and that is also acceptable - the income they provide is given to the decision maker - the mother.....
All siblings (yes even half bros and sis) live under the same roof.... the father is expected to financially support them and interact with them on a regular basis...
more to come later
My q - I wonder if this society experiences the same genetic disorders as found in the Ashkinazi Jewish population... due to isolated mating partners....
I think what we have here is two different interpretations based on gender?
I wonder how the children of such unions feel? About sharing their parents with who knows how many other kids. I know that I am looking at this with my own bias for what 'normal' is. But I can't help thinking that as well as giving the women the choice, men also get to play round-about partners too - and I don't think men since time imemorial have ever been averse to that.
The same situation exists in the societies we live in if we think about it. For example, say if a woman was to go up to 50 guys and ask if they wanted sex, I would say that a significant proportion of the men would say 'yes'. Whereas if a man was to go up to 50 women and ask if they wanted sex, I would say that a significant proportion would say 'no'.
So I really do fail to see the excitement that this article has caused.
What I am asking is whether emancipation for women boils down to them being able to have sex whenever and with whomever they want.
And I would like to think, as a woman, that there is more to freedom for women than just this - because this in its own way reinforces that women are just sexual beings. And I v strongly dispute that - we have so much more about us
Just think what the divorce rates would be? 100%? Every 'marriage' is essentially a divorce in that the biological father does not live with the mother.
Domestic assault?