Hearing Truths about Society

Good morning Froma - I have a theory that the reason even deeply

    honest people cannot talk TOO honestly about  Marriage & Family

    issues is that  most of them are married or divorced - and blunt

    talk about the INSTITUTION may be mistaken tragically for an unloving

    and uncaring attitude. It is the common experience of the race that

    only a few people care about the individual -mostly just friends

    and family. From strangers we expect just a measure of kindness ( " A

    Street Car Named Desire " )

         The more militant feminists diagnosed the FAMILY in general as

    an oppressive institution. I am not a dogmatic Marxist - quite

    frankly I don't know what can replace it, that is not an abomination

    of human nature.

        The family oppresses the male just as much as the female. A

    child can be crushed by ignorant and stupid parents - yet must endure

    their authority  for nearly two decades.

       The other day I observed a very young woman talking ignorantly and

    viciously to her 4 year old kid. " The kid is doomed to a wretched

    life ", I reflected.

          Have a nice day anyway Froma !

           Ron