What women/men want

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by -TW

As for the world-changers you listed (Jesus, etc.), one COULD argue that it was NOT they who changed culture/society -- but rather it was culture/society to CREATED them! Brought them into prominence + power because of a societal NEED, etc.

There's no way of knowing.

This seems like a very "disempowering" way of looking at things...

Given that you say you could argue either way, why would you choose the disempowering way to look at things, rather than the empowering way?

Looking at things the disempowering way just leads to the point of view that - you can't change anything, so why bother?

Of course, if you look at things that way, it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy! You can't change things anyway, so you should do nothing - so in the end, nothing changes (because you didn't do anything).

I personally do believe that there are "movers and shakers" who have changed things, in ways they wouldn't have changed otherwise. Sometimes it's (in part) due to their power of persuasion... If one person can persuade another person, then surely that one person can persuade two people... three people... a whole crowd of people... a nation of people...

Anyway, I think you do yourself a favor if you choose to look at things in a way which is empowering to you, rather than disempowering. However, everyone has a freedom of choice to look at it the way they want...

Best wishes,

Dien