Thanks, Nickolas! A lot of those perspectives look real familiar to me, while many men in my current world (with notable exceptions) seem to find the same ones indecipherable and invisible. I have suffered abuse and lack of opportunity enough in my life as a woman. I am stronger. I am tired of the dysfunction and wilful blindness of a large portion of our thinking people. It is time to heal. Many of the men in my life find personal advantage in being able to dictate the "reality" to women who often remain voiceless. Point being, we will all live a lot better when all of us spend more time listening with empathy and setting aside shame and judgement. These are some of the aspects common to patriarchy that often remain incomprehensible to those who have never suffered them knowingly. Problem is we are all lessened by the hurts done to any of us. We could do worse than to work to become the shelter and the sanctuary for each other that we crave to feel in our own hearts.