With the Holy Spirit

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The Power of Words.

I can't write anything political in this blog. I wouldn't want to be like Chee Soon Juan, an ex-activist of the opposition, neither would I want my name to be on tabloids, just because I "over-stepped" my boundaries, and venture unknowingly into an OB marker aka, an Out-of-Bound marker, so coined by our ex-PM. Nevertheless, it is interesting as a third party and a concerned citizen to observe how government politics can be ridiculed and made to look incredulous, especially during the era of reformation in the late 20th century.

The "Catherine Lim Affair" in 1994, spoke volumes of the hypocrisy of the local government structure. Feminism in the patriarchal society is akin to Individual or Society against State.
Catherine Lim opens our eyes to strategies used, not only as a feminist, but also as an individual representative of the society, to open avenues to critics and a platform to free speech.

To compete head-on against the patriarchal society, is not the strategy, because more often than not, violence begets violence. This caused the downfall of Chee Soon Juan. So did it cause the downfall of many infamous political figures.
To accept the role of an "ideal" woman in the patriarchal society, is neither the way, because it only affirms the patriarchal society.
Mime sis is the key word, the strategy. To play out the role so excessively and so ironically like an anorexic syndrome, that the structure can be challenged, ridiculed, and surface the hypocrisy in it. Feminism plays on its feminism to ridicule masculinity.

You need women to be weak, to let men show their strength. You need women to perform the function, to amplify the "maleness" of men. It is a negative elaboration of masculinity. Likewise, you need the individual and society to be weak, to let the state show that it is strong.

Women are a mirror of men.
Society is a mirror of state.

The country is awaiting her next election.

-Yours truly ;