Now that Down To Earth: Book 1, Busting the Myths of Mars and Venus is finished, I am planning Book 2. 

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Book 2 of Down to Earth, is titled "Who Put the Boys in Charge?"

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It tells the story of how we went from a co-operative species with males and females, partners working together, hunting, gathering, making decisions. Then something happened that changed everything. The men took over, turning women into property, tightening the controls on women's movements. A hierarchy developed with men declaring they were the superior sex and women weren't quite human.  Collaboration and co-operation became combat and conflict as men fought one another to gain control. And it's been like that ever since. Except it's getting worse. With groups of men living solely for conquest, control and humiliation of the enemy.

 

The world is out of balance. The balance of energies, of Yin and Yang has been destroyed and a world of greed, conflict and destruction of the planet is the likely outcome.

 

Who put the boys in charge is an incredible story of resentment, hatred, greed, fragile egos and violence ranging over thousands of years.

 

We are training our boys by repressing half their humanity. For many of them the burden is too great. For others their lives are dedicated to controlling others particularly women and girls through violence, fear and coercion. 

 

We are taming our girls to be people pleasers valued only for their appearance and usefuleness to men. 

 

Both sexes are living at half throttle having repressed half their human characteristics, talents and potential. He to macho man. She to weaker woman. 

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We are told we are what we are and our personal circumstances our responsibility. We have internalised this belief and see ourselves as failures who must try harder. 

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The social systems we live within are run by men for men with the occasional woman breaking into the club in spite of the hoops and hurdles. This is Patriarchy. 

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As we internalise our individual responsibility for our circumstances, we are too preoccupied to notice that we are all experiencing the same internalised constraints. This prevents us from banding together in solidarity with others experiencing the same controls and coercions. It is not our personal failures but the structure of a system that has been in place for 10,000 years, only one tenth of our time on the planet. It is not "natural" or inevitable.

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Only a few humans benefit from Patriarchy although men have enjoyed more privileges, freedom, status and reward than women. Women have been controlled, dehumanised, kept from education, public participation in voting and government and power, dependent on men financial or physical security, taught to serve, taught to be dependent on men through fear and learned helplessness. 

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While laws have changed in some countries, attitudes, religions, culture and customs have not.

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Fortunately, not all men and women have been totally seduced by the programming that is continually thrown at us. The solution is not to put one sex in charge. What is needed is balance. Balance of males and females of equal status making the decisions in homes, schools, workplaces and nations. The best person for the job. With equal opportunity to obtain the knowledge and hone the talents to contribute their full potential. 

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The key is awareness. If we don't know we're in a cage, we never try to escape.  

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Who Put the Boys in Charge traces the progress of Patriarchy and the driving force behind it: Male Supremacy aka Sexism. The book details how Patriarchy is maintained and outlines strategies for awareness, change and liberation. 

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The goal is a world imagined by John Lennon. 

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IMAGINE

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people

Livin' for today... 

 

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace... 

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[Chorus]
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one 

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world... 

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[Chorus]
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one 

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​​Many people either tell me women have equality now, or we don't need to fight anymore because it's all sorted. And yet, we need only look around to see that a certain type of men still run almost everything and the outcome is not a pretty sight. 

 

Double standards for men and women prevail, violence against women has not diminished and women still don't have equal reward, recognition, influence, respect or time for themselves compared with men.

 

Men are also under considerable pressure to conform to and perform a "masculine" set of behaviours that crush a great deal of their personal humanity, leading to depression, suicide and violence. Our little boys are subjected to a psychic lobotomy whereby at least if not most of their humanity is repressed in the creation of "the masculine man" - this has repercussions. Teaching boys that they must never ever behave like a girl, builds contempt and even fear of the feminine particularly within themselves.

 

Among a growing number of men, hatred towards women and violent action towards them and other vulnerable groups, is becoming more common. The internet is filled with their trolling and frightening expressions of hate, and they are recruiting more to their way of thinking daily.

 

The future world for our grandchildren of both sexes or all  genders is looking bleak as men continue down the same suicidal path of manufactured and manipulated ego and honour that has driven their control of the world to the destruction now facing us. A win at all costs mentality.

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The answer is not that women should run the world but that the balanced input of both sexes is needed to restore harmony and fairness, without the manipulated posturing of gender roles. And rational fair minded women and men need to work together to stop the lemming-like rush to the abyss. Allowing men who have lost half their humanity to run our world, is a recipe for disaster which we have seen for centuries but the pace is quickening and we must act. 

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Men and boys must not be taught that women and girls are alien weaker beings needing protection. Both sexes and all genders must stand together in mutual respect to create a better world. If we do not, our species and the planet are doomed. 

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The good news is that we can change this. Our children and grandchildren, our planet and the creatures who live on it need our action NOW. This book will raise the necessary awareness, provide the knowledge to arm ourselves for a reversal of the suicide path we are on. It's up to each one of us in our daily lives and particularly in our child raising. 

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I am writing this book as a guide. It's urgent. Please share the message. Awareness is the first step. 

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