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Jul 6View Sourcehttp://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/Families-Beyond-the-Nuclear-Ideal/chapter-ba-9781780930114-chapter-011.xml offers a basic description of so-called "polyamory", which obviously has more in common with polyandry than polygamy.
The socialist and Christian origins of such modern-day movements are described here, http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/03/polyamory_and_its_surprisingly_woman_friendly_roots_.single.html. At the same time the allusions to "paganism" and polytheism can't go unnoticed.
Quoted from the first mentioned text:
"There are a number of crucial distinctions between polygyny and polyamory that justify exclusion of polyamory from criminalization. To begin with, polyamory is not the developed social institution that polygyny is. Even the relatively new institution of Mormon fundamentalist polygyny, which was founded as a return to the patriarchal polygyny described in the Bible (Strassberg 1997: 1582), has been practised for more than 150 years (Strassberg 2003b: 353 n.3). Although there may have been antecedents to polyamory as far back as such nineteenth-century social experiments as the Oneida community (Foster 1981: 257–260), the roots of polyamory are more accurately traced back to the free love movement of the 1960s, the concurrent development of the women's and gay rights movements, and the practical experiences of certain utopian communities that existed through the 1970s and 1980s (Strassberg 2003a: 439–42). The term ‘polyamory’ itself only first appeared in print in 1990 (Ibid.: 439, n. 4). Around that time, a movement was borne that has spent the last two decades largely focused on itself: exploring its own theoretical underpinnings, creating a national community through print and internet media, and giving advice on the practical challenges of polyamorous life (Ibid. 442–43). Whether out of a fear of drawing too much attention to itself, or a lack of energy available for external focus caused by the internal demands of polyamorous relationships, polyamory has not developed the political/activist character of the women's/gay rights movements (Ibid.: 447)."
"[...] while fundamentalist Mormon polygyny is defined by obedience, patriarchy, and hierarchy, polyamory is defined by autonomy, egalitarianism, and democracy."
"polyfidelity has no reproductive-based need to target teenage or young adult women."
"[...] polyfidelity neither arises out of, nor does it seek to create, a homogeneous and self-perpetuating community engaged in such group ‘marriages’ (Ibid.)."
"[...] it is a core principle of polyamory in general that jealousy is an unnecessary emotion that we have been socialized to feel, but can ‘unlearn’ (Strassberg 2003a: 456–60)."
"In larger polyfidelitious families, [...] power differentials can arise if some members of the family are sexually connected to more family members than others (Ibid.: 496)."
"In larger polyfidelitious families, especially those that are purely heterosexual, there are likely to be one or two individuals who are sexual hinges. In addition, even in the context of fully mutual sexual relationships within the family, each relationship is unique, and the level of connection will vary both from relationship to relationship and, within relationships, over time. Those family members who are in the most relationships or in the most intense relationships will likely have more power in the group (Ibid.). Other factors contributing to power differentials in polyfidelity can include links between particular members created by longer-term relationships, legal marriage, biological and/or legal parenthood and asset ownership. Family members not linked to others in such ways can be more vulnerable than those who have such links. Finally, personal charisma, verbal fluency and personal aggressiveness can create and/or exacerbate otherwise existing power differentials (Ibid.). Thus, with all that goes into the relationships that constitute polyfidelity, a procedural commitment to deliberative and democratic decision-making may be subverted by emotional dominance and vulnerability (Ibid.: 497)."
"The Kerista community, a twenty-five member San Francisco community credited with coining the word polyfidelity, suffered from just such coercive and manipulative group decision-making (Slomiak 1997: 20–26). This community began as two group marriages that ultimately merged into one marriage over a twenty-year period (Ibid.: 18–20). Although ideologically Kerista was committed to ‘equality, democratic decision-making, and personal freedom’ (Ibid.: 20), in reality, there was a social hierarchy that used highly effective techniques of emotional manipulation and intimidation to force conformity with the desires of powerful family members (Ibid.: 22–26). Pressure of this kind extended even to decisions such as the addition of new members to the marriage, which meant that ultimately some family members were coerced into sexual relationships with others to maintain the ideology of equality (Ibid.: 23).
Of particular interest in the Kerista community was the use of a threat of banishment to weld control over family members (Ibid.: 24). Because this community was an economic as well as family community, members stood to lose everything if banished: love, friends, home, and livelihood (Ibid.). This threat of banishment successfully kept dissatisfied community members from challenging the family power brokers for many years (Ibid.). The example of Kerista, therefore, suggests that individuals in polyfidelity can have ‘exit problems’ similar to those of polygynous wives."
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From: g.vdheide@...
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:55:40 +0100
Subject: RE: [evola_as_he_is] Re: Beyond the 'third sex'
The collection of articles by Evola published as 'L'Arco e la Clava' in 1968 is obviously a helpful resource. Using the French translation (http://www.scribd.com/doc/21541698/Julius-Evola-L-Arc-et-la-Massue), we especially refer to texts such as 'La race de l'homme fuyant', 'Le « troisième sexe »', 'Le goût de la vulgarité', 'Liberté du sexe et liberté par rapport au sexe'. It's a pity this work hasn't been translated to English yet, although this website at least published a translation of one of the featured articles.
To: evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com
From: g.vdheide@...
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:40:11 +0100
Subject: RE: [evola_as_he_is] Re: Beyond the 'third sex'
Another work of sexual bolshevism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sexualität_im_Kulturkampf
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From: g.vdheide@...
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:50:02 +0100
Subject: RE: [evola_as_he_is] Re: Beyond the 'third sex'
The phrase 'pansexual', which has entered common language in recent years, stems directly from Freud's work. The next reference would be Marcuse's 'Eros and civilisation' then. Thus the 'Frankfurt School' is obviously the mother school. http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Bolshevism is not without merit and the term 'sexual bolshevism' is in itself, interesting ('Pussy riot', anyone?). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory describes the pseudo-idea's that have become influential in the last decade and which can be viewed as a follow-up to the 'traditional' homosexual and/or feminist agenda.
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From: evola_as_he_is@...
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:49:48 +0000
Subject: [evola_as_he_is] Re: Beyond the 'third sex'
This is the summary of 'Sanctifying Misandry : Goddess Ideology and the Fall of Man' : "To set the stage, the authors discuss two massively popular books - Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade - both of which rely on a feminist conspiracy theory of history [?]. They then show how some goddess feminists and their academic supporters have turned what Christians know as the Fall of Man into the fall of men. On this interpretation, presented in three "documentary" films, our ancestors once lived in an egalitarian paradise under the aegis of a benevolent great goddess. But men either rebelled or invaded, replacing the goddess with gods and establishing patriarchies that have oppressed women ever since. In the end, however, women will restore the goddess and therefore paradise as well. The authors critique this belief and compellingly show how it has encouraged the widespread misandry in popular culture. They conclude with several case studies of modern goddess religion and its effects on mainstream religion."
That's all very well, but the premises are not sound. Goddesses were not exactly replaced by God. Nor were the goddesses absorbed in God. Rather, the "compassionate and the merciful", whether in Judaism, in Christianity to a fuller extent and, to an even fuller extent in Islam, was canonically, so to speak, dressed as a masculine one, under a plethora of masculine names and titles.
"The prophets in the Old Testament were repeatedly chastising and warning the people against idolatry, ie, moon worship. Hosea criticizes the people for it : 'They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms' (Hosea 4 vs. 13). Hosea prophesizes what Yahweh will do : 'I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts' (Hosea 2 vs. 11). This prophecy did occur for the moon goddesses' new moon rites ; feast days and Sabbaths were taken over by the male god Yahweh. They became his edits through the Ten Commandments and laws of Deuteronomy. The Moon Goddess's rituals became the rites of a jealous, warring, and punishing masculine deity. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all absorbed and adopted all the customs of moon worship. Judaism and Islam base their holy days on the lunar calendar.
The Hebrew Sabbath was adopted from Babylonian moon worship. In Babylon, the full moon was the day of rest. The word sabattu comes from Sa-bat and means Heart-rest ; it is the day of rest, which the moon takes when full, for at that time it is neither increasing nor decreasing. On this day, which is the direct forerunner of the Sabbath, it was considered unlucky to do any work or to eat cooked food or to go on a journey. These are the things that are prohibited to the menstruating woman. On the day of the moon's menstruation everyone, whether man or woman, was subject to the similar restrictions, for the taboo of the menstruating woman was on all. (...) The Babylonian 'sabattu' was the 'evil day' of the moon goddess Ishtar, when it is not unlikely that she was thought to be actually menstruating." (S. Karimah, Moon Goddess, p. 31)
As far as Allah is concerned, see 'Moon-O-Theism : A Study of Mideast Moon-God Religion', especially the chapter called 'The Vulviform Black Stone With Its Silver Casing'.
As to the mother school of the theories in question, it is, to the best of our knowledge, the neo-Marxist so-called Frankfurt School.
--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "G. van der Heide" wrote:
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> Is there any work that discusses the latest fabrications in the field of so-called 'gender studies'? The list of sexual 'identities' is growing by the day, as does the list of sexual 'lifestyles'. The 'theories' in question originate from different schools, but there will be always one parent school. Still it would not hurt to have available information on the most recent developments in this field as to oversee the implications of these anti-idea's. A general one is that sectarianism already manifest on the religious and social plane, is now present in the sexual realm.
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> 'Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture' has been reviewed on this list, but we'd imagine other works have become available in the meantine. Funny enough (or not so), the latest title we found by both authors was titled 'Sanctifying Misandry: Goddess Ideology and the Fall of Man'.
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