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Move Over e Linda Curtis 1988 he living organism of patriarchy fact that she has achieved such a concernfor the survivalofthe human has slowly been rotting In the position she has paved the way for race she had no Intention to run for twentieth century and yet Its women. This may be so. but what office. Instead. through study. re remains have been emanating a price did she pay? She has only ap search. writing and helping other stench more potent than ever. In an propriated old attitudes of a patriar women to produce fllms about the age where the world Is threatened chal Instttution. How can she be real threat. she realised her only op with nuclear annihilation. 'man' has expressing her nature as woman (as tions to obtain a measure ofsuccess. finally outsmarted himself. a nurturer of life) when she hassignlfl- It may be. for now. thatonly through The role of women dur separating from govern ing the technological revo ment and forming feminist lution could be expressed Institutions will women as totally Insignificant. Since achieve power. Caldlcott the Renaissance, menhave has not compromised her Increasingly delivered principles. morals or char themselves from darkness acter. and yet the same light has But Thatcher and other only begun to be shed for females within a patriarchal women In the last century. govemmentcan't really be Even In the 19805. when blamed. Although women many women would pro have been admitted Into claim that women's libera universities for a century. tionhasbeenachieved. the until the last two decades lack of real power they education was purely have gained Is appalling. taught from a male point of Confidence. freedom view. Only recently have and above all understand such subjects as 'Women ing ofoneself are necessary Studies· entered curricula. In order to have power: yet and women have the knowledge and per achieved some say In what ception women have ,\ >n--n6C Is to be taught and re I about themselves Is stlll greatly Iim- cantly Increased England's nuclear searched. Ited. "defence· force and allowed a In view of this we have already Since before the suppression and deathly nuclear processing plant to come a long way and women will affiiction women received bythe pa operate near a densely populated accelerate their understanding of trlarchaJ faith ofmediaevalChrlstlan- community? themselvesthrough closer scrutinyof Ity, many psychological scars still re She has collaborated with the their own history. The more we know main. males In the Pentagon and with the and understand our own nature In Although women hove ottolned collective Insensitivity towards ml comparisonto thenatureofmen.the physical freedom. suppression nornlas.lncludlng women. more we shall realise our responsibili through mental conditioning has ties In society and rise to positions of prevailed. This can be seen in every Missile Envy power without compromising our level of society today, selves* In America. England and Austra lia few women are represented In Onthe otherhand.anexampleofa Lindo Curtis is further developing these Ideas through a rock clip using plas government, Even though there Is woman In tune with herown natureIs ticine animation and music, The basic freedom for women to attain power. Helen Caldicott. the founder of scenario is the changing concept of It can be easily seen that women Green Labour and one of the strong women adopted by both sexes. oppo choose not to because of the pres est anti-nuclear campaigners In the site a stagnant view ofman as ·the sure to conform to what Is ultimately world, She rose to this position from thinker", and the changing relationships a male institution. beinga paediatrician. ThechangeIn between women and both sexes. However. women like Margaret her role Is summed up In her book Nuclear warfare and the role men have played In creating It witt also be Thatcher are different, novlng at "Missile Envy· .Shesaid thatshe could explored. along with the responsibility of temptedtogainpOWEJI v.1!hlnthissys no longer look after a handful ofchil men and women to dismantle it. Contact tem. Thatcher has done little or noth dren when life on this planet Is threat Linda via NEXUS. Ing for the advancement of women ened with extinction. Further Reading: Insociety. Manywouldsayjustbythe It's Interesttng that in her honest Pure Lust - Mary Daley Missile Envy - Helen Caldicotl