Why I think the revolution is feminine
Any revolution gathers momentum when women get behind it. It's when mothers refuse to send their daughters and sons into war. It's when they bang pots and pans to protest injustice.
Women are a marketing target group second to none - and have been sold the idea that they are to look like a 16-year old for the better part of their life. That they have to follow fashion, or be "out". But women nowadays don't just have to "sois belle et tais-toi". They also have to work, because nowadays a single income means likely hard times. Of course, they're also supposed to be the ideal mother, supplying their kids with an endless stream of activities and goods. They carry the organizational burden of the family pretty often.
So what I see wherever I look are women trying to balance all these things, and simply not having any time for themself. Women having to stand on the tips of their toes. Literally, like a niece of mine that works two jobs, one being hairdresser, yet still thinks she should wear high heels all day every day. Have to be the perfect wife as well, of course.
And what revolution am I thinking of? One in consciousness. The day we decide, collectively, that no child in this world should ever cry out of need for basic necessities. NO child, anywhere. It's time to shake of the collective hallucination that we are only consuming individuals. We are also a thinking and feeling collective. And this collective empathy of course comes naturally to a woman - as they have a natural direct link with empathy via the mother instinct. How many mothers would choose to send their sons to war?
So I am writing this to anybody who feels alone. Who thinks there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Who thinks there is no hope. I believe we are waking up to the fact that any injustice done to anyone is injustice to all. So help is on the way.
I will leave you with a song, in dutch, but it may carry the message. Intro lasts 1.10, sorry.
PS: the marketing groups "men" and "women" intersect, as do our personalities.