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THE DEATH OF EVE ''Women, Liberation, Disintegration" By Alan Barron Veritas Publishing Company Pty. Ltd. AUSTRALIA Copyright © Alan Barron 1986 ° ISBN 949667 36 6 Printed and Published by Veritas Publishing Company Pty. Ltd.. r.o. Box 20, Bullsbrook, Western Australia, 6084 AUSTRALIA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the copyright-holder, excepting brief quotes used in connection with reviews written specially for inclusion in a magazine or newspaper. MANUFAcrURED IN AUSTRALIA Dedicated to Lyn, Elizabeth, Simon, Austin and Kate Gloria in Excelsis Deo With special thanks for their contributions, to Harold M. Voth for extracts from his article in Mothers on the March, WaIter McVitty, for A Feminine Bias, Sr. Mary Philip, for her article on non-sexist language, Let's Improve Today's Education, Magazine No. 81, January 1981, for the article There is no Truth but our Truth, and The Festival of Light for permission to print extracts from the Resource paper, The U.N. Discrimination Convention, and the Housewives Survey '84. foreword The women's or feminist movement has become one of the most influentialforces shaping modern society. However, with modernfeminism there isavery realdangerofoverkill. The authoritative nature of feminism will not only stifle the democratic process but will, if left unchecked, destroy femininity. Feminism should rightlybe called 'humanism'or 'androgynism', because it represents a death wish to annul that which defines femininity, such policies as abortion on demand,state runcreches,easydivorceand affirmativeactionareantithetical to the uniqueness of womanhood. TheDaughters ofEve want todisown their own mother. Themodern idea isthat a woman must act asa man ifshe isto achieve equal status, and the uniqueness of feminity is given virtually no credence in modern society. Child bearing, suckling and nurture, are not the only exclusive gifts of womanhood, but these things are uniquely feminine and distinguish woman fromman. To gain equal status with men therefore, society must recognize andpromote the view that the uniqueness of womenhood isequal in worth to manhood. Eachsex in itself is unique and important, and each sex has a complementary relationship and isdependent on the other sex, this is true equality. This book is dedicated to all women everywhere who want to be women. Contents Chapter Page I. Feminism: An Overview . . I 2. Biology, Sex and Language 17 3. Marriage, Children and 'Child Care Centres'. .. . 26 4. The Hi-jacking of Education 44 5. Equal Opportunities: How it is Failing 61 6. Equal Opportunities and the Armed Forces 75 7. Man-ipulated - Feminism in Politics 83 8. Women, Goddesses and Ordination 113 9. Where to From Here? 122 10. Handy Summary 128 Appendix A: Women in the Home Survey. A brief summary of a Festival of Light Survey, 1984 131 References and Footnotes ; 133 Bibliography 142 Index 146 1 Feminism: An Overview Part One: Historical Development To understand the rise of the women's movement we must first look brieflyat the history of this phenomenon. "FIRST WAVE" FEMINISM The women's liberation movementhad itsroots inthe humanism ofthe 18thCentury and intheIndustrialRevolution whichcausedsociety to move from feudalism to industrialization. In 1792, Mary Wollstronecraft published her Vindication ofthe Rights of Women, perhaps the firstfeminist manifesto. From time to time there were spasmodicmovements seeking to broaden the roles of women but most of these had little effect. Before Darwinian evolution became popular, the biblical account of creation, with itsfixed order of speciesand socialroles, had gone virtually unchallengedforcenturies.Evolutionismspokeofchangeandthisphilosophy ofchange now became the prevailing status quo. In 1848, Marx and Engelspublished their Communist Manifesto and in 1867Das Kapital was published by Marx. Marx interpreted history in terms ofeconomicsandexplainedtheevolutionofsocietyintermsofclassstruggle. MarxwrotetoDarwin thanking himforprovidingthephilosophicalbasisfor his rherories, From the marxist-socialists movement sprang the Spartacist League.Prominent leaders were communists such as Rosa Luxemburg and laterAleksandraKollontaiwho championednot only thechangingofsociety accordingto socialistprinciplesbut also the role of women. InEngland,thefeministcausewasknown asthe"suffragette" movement and washeaded by Emmeline Pankhurst. Eventually women won the right tovote, thefirstcountry togivewomenthevotebeingNew Zealandin1893