Ethnographer, entrepreneur, lecturer; looking for world peace
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[AGTRT-BA11] Femininity is suppressed, but has also become corrupted
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In patriarchy, femininity (the feminine side of women, as well as the feminine side of men) is suppressed (see AGTRT-BA1 and AGTRT-BA9), but also corrupted. Femininity has come to subordinate itself to masculinity, but this is not so much the result of the fact that the feminine could do…
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[AGTRT-BA10] New insights about ancient matriarchal civilizations now point the way out of the anthropocene
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team A great new Netflix series by Graham Hancock is out: Ancient Apocalypse. I have been following Hancock for years and consider him to be one of the most reliable persons in the field of alternative archaeology. Hancock wants this documentary to substantiate his central thesis: human civilizations are much…
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[AGTRT-BA9] What is the difference between patriarchal and matriarchal cultures?
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Thinking about alternatives to today’s patriarchal society is more relevant now than ever. Indeed, there are all kinds of indications that patriarchy has entered the final stage of its existence. I therefore refer to the present time as the late patriarchy. Patriarchal culture began on Earth as much as…
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[AGTRT-BA8] Gender neutrality as an aberration: why emancipation cannot exist without masculinity and femininity
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Gender neutrality has been the new ideal in the emancipation of sexuality and gender for several years. This is evidenced in part by the fact that an increasing number of young people identify as non-binary, a label born of the belief that the dual distinction between masculine and feminine…
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[AGTRT-BA7] With shadow work, one shines light on one’s own unconscious malice
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Patriarchal society (see AGTRT-BA9) has traumatized us. Patriarchal culture has split our psyche, resulting in trauma. Since all people are patriarchally socialized to a greater or lesser degree in the present age, one could argue that all people are traumatized to a greater or lesser degree at this time…
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[AGTRT-BA6] Healing their trauma is vital for gay men
Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Nowadays, there is excellent scientific documentation that gay men suffer from a specific kind of trauma. This “gay trauma” is a very persistent phenomenon, and it is very important to work with it. In the patriarchal society (see AGTRT-BA9) in which we live, everyone is traumatized to a greater…