Awe, but this isn't the case at all. Everyone has something to contribute, but I understand that feeling. I sometimes feel the same way.Foxfire wrote:Maeghan, I'm a female who has been lurking here for months. Why don't I post? I feel I don't have anything to contribute. It seems I'm not one of the "cool kids.".
The last thing that I think any of us here would want you to consider us to be is the 'cool kids'. When I think of the cool kids I think of those too cool for school and that we definitely are not. We love school but we love schooling ourselves rather than relying on administrations to do so.
I agree; it was just something i noticed (not that many girls on here) ... i consider myself to be gender neutral.soldierhugsmember wrote:I don't see the point of a gender specific forum.
If people wish to have girly talk, there's plenty of forums for that.
ooooh, after reading this the word came to me ... i think i am a eunach ... but then i looked it up ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch ... another term for it would be neuter ... I just don't identify myself as a woman; but maybe that's because a woman's personality or role is really messed up in our world currently.Lotus wrote: I do not believe it would be a forum of "girly talk" but a different environment with a different mood for discussing these topics. Some people are more at ease talking in the garage while others are more comfortable around the coffee table. Perhaps it should be based on mental gender rather than biological gender?
Ah-Ha! ... this is what I've thought of too. It definitely goes with the tests I went through when I was a young-in and the results being that I use both sides equally. It also goes with one thing I've been telling people ... balance is key.soldierhugsmember wrote:Rather than mental or biological gender, perhaps we are thinking of left vs right brain.
Ahhh, yes ... I wasn't going to state it, you just did. It is kind of like a smack to the face. I do think that a woman's only forum could bear good fruit and could bear bad fruit. I guess there would be a risk in putting it out there.-OM- wrote:Wow, really?soldierhugsmember wrote:I don't see the point of a gender specific forum.
If people wish to have girly talk, there's plenty of forums for that.
"Girly" talk?! ok.
Most spiritual evolved women i know, don't prefer being called a "girl" when they are a woman.
Adding a "y" to it smacks of even more condescension. (besides the obvious implication of the forum being filled with posts of makeup tips, recipes, and whatever other 1950s thinking you have in your mind that a women's only forum about spiritual development and RS2 scientific research would involve.)
The lack of rebuttal of this post by other senior members is disconcerting too.
If women are lurking out of "fear", then this post shows exactly why.
Yes, Lonebear, Im convinced now that a woman's only forum would be fruitful.
It's funny cause I usually don't go by my real name on forums, but if I went by that name then it's possible that the field I want to work in would find me here and then come to an opinion of me. I would rather keep my spiritual self private from those who listen to my music because I don't want the people to identify my music with me as a person. (Good example is Trent Reznor, he keeps his private life private so his private life doesn't get in the way of the music.) If this were to happen then the listener might not hear something that would have jumped out at him or her.
Very well said; i only mentioned the gender thing in my post because it's a common occurrence for me. I tend to be interested in things that very few women are. Even in topics of philosophy, women usually don't participate in. I think it's the programming of social roles on gender that have caused women to not explore. Go into any toy store ... and you will see what I mean.Gopi wrote: In any case... forget external criteria of being knowledgeable or cool or having many experiences or any of that. None of that matters... but if you do develop honesty of soul, and improve upon it, you can get to the bottom of many discussions without fear. Please do not hesitate to ask... and if anyone attempts intimidation or holier-than-thou attitudes, do not hesitate to call them out on it! If the exchanges do not foster independence and questions... then it is hogwash. There is nothing to feel intimidated about.
Now, I've got some reading to do and maybe the reading I do will answer this question I have, or if Bruce, LoneBear, or Daniel want to add their input: Is it possible that some people are born with a consciousness that has either ascended or come close to it?
