A prime complaint from Katherine Ryan's monologue (in her recent NETFLIX-special "Glitter Room"—details linked through 'Excalibur' below) was that "Men are expected to go 'out into the world' and become someone, while women are expected to find a man!"
She then goes on to propose that women wait until far-after-35 to find men in their 90s ... far-different than common (I think it's pairs about the same age, in their early 20s ... other places, it ranges from 'pairs of 17-year-old' to the late-30s in some Norse countries).
But most of the special is devoted to 'the struggles of a single mother'—how she has to be more of 'a friend' to her daughter than 'a guardian' (especially when her daughter is such a clever 9-year-old ... asking 'questions about life' using words that Katherine has to 'Google' before she responds), how there's a stigma attached to 'being a single mother'—how a single guy is just 'a dad who's available!' while a single gal feels 'out of place' ... like she & her child are 'the missing parts of the family-machine.'
I think the main reason that women are seen that way is The Bible—another good reason to edit it to fit today's understanding. The part that 'makes men feel like complete individuals while women feel like spare parts'? Genesis, Chapter 2—where they say God says "it is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a partner for him."
When Adam & Eve get married, The Bible explains that that's how the tradition of 'a women leaving her parents to be with her husband' started*, and I suppose that's how it's been since-then—girls starting-out in the 'daughter'-position and graduating from there to the 'wife (and future-mother)'-position ... where that tradition of 'asking the father for his daughter's hand in marriage' came from, I-shouldn't-wonder.
Katherine will flip that. As she described it, I was reminded of The Sword in the Stone—where a stable-boy "proves" he is the worthy King Arthur when he does something as simple as sliding a sword out of a hole in an anvil ... unaware that the sword was 'forged from dragon-scales in the fires of dragon's breath, blessed by The Lady of the Lake (who dwelt in the depth of Lake Avalon), when it was shoved into the anvil, from which many-many mighty men had tried to take it' (or however the story goes).
That sword's name—I felt like there might be something more to it ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which Katherine & her husband will build their fortress ...
She then goes on to propose that women wait until far-after-35 to find men in their 90s ... far-different than common (I think it's pairs about the same age, in their early 20s ... other places, it ranges from 'pairs of 17-year-old' to the late-30s in some Norse countries).
But most of the special is devoted to 'the struggles of a single mother'—how she has to be more of 'a friend' to her daughter than 'a guardian' (especially when her daughter is such a clever 9-year-old ... asking 'questions about life' using words that Katherine has to 'Google' before she responds), how there's a stigma attached to 'being a single mother'—how a single guy is just 'a dad who's available!' while a single gal feels 'out of place' ... like she & her child are 'the missing parts of the family-machine.'I think the main reason that women are seen that way is The Bible—another good reason to edit it to fit today's understanding. The part that 'makes men feel like complete individuals while women feel like spare parts'? Genesis, Chapter 2—where they say God says "it is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a partner for him."
When Adam & Eve get married, The Bible explains that that's how the tradition of 'a women leaving her parents to be with her husband' started*, and I suppose that's how it's been since-then—girls starting-out in the 'daughter'-position and graduating from there to the 'wife (and future-mother)'-position ... where that tradition of 'asking the father for his daughter's hand in marriage' came from, I-shouldn't-wonder.
Katherine will flip that. As she described it, I was reminded of The Sword in the Stone—where a stable-boy "proves" he is the worthy King Arthur when he does something as simple as sliding a sword out of a hole in an anvil ... unaware that the sword was 'forged from dragon-scales in the fires of dragon's breath, blessed by The Lady of the Lake (who dwelt in the depth of Lake Avalon), when it was shoved into the anvil, from which many-many mighty men had tried to take it' (or however the story goes).
That sword's name—I felt like there might be something more to it ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which Katherine & her husband will build their fortress ...
The word “Excalibur” is built on “|Hard (see |Callus) |Belly” (see |Voracious).
... But words are still evolving ... You know anything about recent developments of meaning here? Comment below!
*Tho The Bible doesn't quite explain how the parents have anything to do with that tradition—Adam & Eve not having any "parents" and -not even knowing anything about 'the baby-making process' 👀
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