A Healthy Perspective
On the wholeness of each child’s body and spirit, gifted by the Creator, and reflections on the Generational Trauma of Patriarchy.
October 23rd, 2022
Dear Freedom Friends,
In North American Tribal Communities, there have always been people born with Two Spirits. A man with a strong connection to the feminine…a woman with a strong connection to the masculine. They were seen as men and women PLUS. They were seen as “more than.” They were accepted as they were. No surgery required. No denial of one’s body, as it was gifted to them by The Creator.
This was healthy.
What is happening today, in Modern Colonizer Culture is NOT healthy. Children are being TAUGHT to believe they can only be one gender — it is an elimination approach to one’s concept of self. It is a LIMIT, versus an embracing of many, much and more.
The traditional “Tom Boy” was a girl who could be feminine whenever she wanted to be … and … she was choosing to enjoy traditionally masculine activities, clothing, social behaviors and (in many cases) additional avenues of power and privilege.
There is a Colonizer Culture Reason for this.
Colonizer Culture is Patriarchal. Women move toward power, as they adopt masculine traits. Colonizer Culture worships power, specifically power over others…so, while men have traditionally resisted sharing power with women, they also inherently respect and are impressed by the disempowered fighting for power.
In the same way that Patriarchal Roman Society admired slaves from distant lands who overcame trials in the colosseum.
Across the board, homophobia is MOST hostile toward men who move toward the feminine…because it represents an inherent loss of power, by choice. For those who worship power, giving up one’s power voluntarily is anathema. It is, in a way, the ultimate crime. The unforgivable act.
On the contrary, many North American Tribal Communities shared power more equally amongst male & female. Some were actually matrilineal! And, again — their culture was inclusive, additive, welcoming, absorbing and focused on many, much and more. Which means, they valued “Power Together” versus “Power Over.”
Which is why, a man with a strong connection to the feminine was as welcomed, valued and honored for the Two Spirits he contained, as women of two spirits. It also expanded his power — allowing him to enjoy himself fully & love the body he was provided by The Creator.
Modern, Colonizer Culture is deeply traumatized and our brokenness, like generational trauma, is being foisted upon our children. They deserve more. Let us give it to them, and end the limited narrative that demands that they “choose” a singular gender — to the point of permanently altering (even destroying) the body they received from The Creator.
Sexual Dimorphism is an unavoidable and natural part of Mother Nature’s plan…with people falling anywhere and everywhere along the spectrum of gender traits. Everyone has a right to explore the full range and find their place here and there, throughout their lives…without biological mutilation trapping us in one spot for the remainder of our lives.