February 7, 2008
by Robert W. Barker

Throughout mankind's civilized history there has been a common fear of great proportions, trepidation deeply embedded in our psyche an unrealistic and primordial bias spurred on by patriarchal conditioning. A deeply held fear often turns to unfounded hatred and a hyper critical analysis of variables or human attributes, and as such this fear limits our objectivity, until we sound like asses and no one notices.

Dig deep into your well conditioned soul and perhaps you too will admit to this fear, it was planted there long ago, in both women and men.

"The Vagina Fear."

Or better known as Patriarchal manipulations or trepidation of the feminine principle, and today our political system is being tested and probed for the depths of this deep seeded fear.

In prehistoric hunter gatherer times, the hunting man and his animist Gods were mainly male as the great hunter provided the protein to keep the tribe alive. Brave generally male hunters were heroes and those that died in the pursuit of meat were enshrined in tribal folklore.

Women were usually the gatherers and as such no doubt discovered that seeds could be planted and controlled, and harvest predictable. Suddenly hunting and its inherent unpredictability became far less important, herds died out migration patterns altered but seeds came up every year.

Of course eventually the male tribal members became farmers, yet the roles at first shifted to the female tribal members as the traditional male roles were grasped like a last breath.

Suddenly this shift brought women into a shared power position, due to the miracle of constant harvest. The Sacred Vagina replaced Sacred Penis Envy and the paradigm shift was one of gigantic proportions. The gods became Adonis or pregnant female figures, these feminine goddesses were worshipped and revered for the sake of a plentiful harvest and the cycle of birth women were miraculously capable of.

The cycles of blood flow that women produced were viewed as an offering from the gods and the propagation of the species attached to the female form. Offspring emerging from the female vagina kept the tribes in awe of the feminine principle, moon cycles were adhered to, as women and the Earth seemed in tune with the lunar power. And males wanted to enter the pleasures of the Sacred Vagina, yet faced a dichotomy due to the fear of its awesome power.

Like fear of the Gods the fear of the power of the female form was both a boon and a curse to women, as men now realized they were not the main point on the cultural map and grew envious and tried to regain their lost position.  A natural jealousy developed in the male psyche and the once revered hunters were now less important and the male roles diminished which left men in a temporary second class role and deep seated jealousy slowly percolated.

The next shift was the forming of cities or "civilization" that were the result of the plentiful harvest and consistent cycles of food production that females brought us. However in this new paradigm shift we see the specialization of labor and once again the Male entity emerges as the important figure. Patriarchal paranoia of the power of the female gods and the miracle of birth were downplayed and women were relegated to second class citizens as the female gods were either discarded or diminished by the patriarchal leaders that sought to regain control of the female population. Male Gods dominated again and the power of the male gender assured through custom law and tradition all designed and created by males.

Today we are still influenced by that shift in paradigm as the laws, sacred books and civilized rules were laid down in ancient times by great Patriarchs that relegated women to a subservient role. Hammurabi, Abraham, and Moses were the great Patriarchs of this concept of male importance, and our social guidelines reflected this stand behind your man cultural phenomena. Biblical traditions and Judeo Christian cultural bias have us trapped in an old worn paradigm.

For the most part our leadership was male throughout the next five millennium yet there were exceptions.  Women of great strength have risen to the top despite the male domination, Hatshepsut of Egypt, Queen Elizabeth of England and later the British Prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir to name a few, yet they were rare exceptions in a vast array of males leadership throughout history.

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As civilization evolved, and the industrialized modern world was born of the labors of humankind; women grew increasingly assertive over time, and commenced a call for an equal voice.  This idea of female power shocked males and a backlash of sexism was reborn, not that it ever went away ,but the louder the call for equality more sexisem raised its ugly head.

Women's liberation and suffrage grew into a movement in the ninetieth century until by the 1920's women were given the right to vote and garnered a voice in the political process.

Yet most females continued to be subservient to men, males that were anxious of the power of the female principle and its emerging threat to their perceived position, demanded adherence to the traditional roles relegated to females. Once again a shift in paradigm emerged from the self doubt and second class citizens called women to the free standing feminist.

This feminist movement brought that fear of the "Sacred Vagina" back into the mainstream of cultural activity, and a backlash of dominate men held fast to the old ways.

Suddenly another strange phenomenon became reality, certain men started to realize shared power was not such a bad thing and the feminist man was born. This was the last straw for the dominate males and their fear of the Sacred Vagina increased until today we are seeing its consequences.

In our present electoral process a legitimate female threat has emerged in one Hillary Clinton.

A woman of great abilities and insights, a female with enough charisma brains and guts to lead a country like the macho USA. And a former presidential husband that believed women were equal in their leadership skills.

Hillary Clinton a female and a great threat to the "dominate male roles" and especially the Republican Party with its dictating white male power base, grew adamant against her with no real reason except her gender. They grew fearful and the aged primordial fear of "the power vagina" increased until in their eyes Hillary was an enemy of male dominance.

They will site a hundred other things but it is her equality threat that is at the base of their fear and mistrust.

This unfounded fear blinds them as to her abilities and assets, she brings numerous worthy points to her leadership qualifications, and still they rail against her like rabid dogs. Sighting unrealistic critiques that no male would receive, they probe dig and even create false images of her to curtail her power.

We watch as the Party of White Males tries to deal with this new threat to a male world, and the latest primary elections results must be scaring them to death as they now scramble to support anyone that stands in her way.

Barrack Obama is her opponent for the presidential candidate and as an African American he too has had to overcome many social obstacles to succeed, yet even with his ethnicity he is becoming the only hope for the dominate male role to circumvent the Hillary phenomena.

We are seeing today a concerted effort by the males and females of the old male dominate variety doing all they can to demonize this women of great abilities yet many Americans see through their sad endeavors. The old fear of the Sacred Vagina is promoting a backlash against this female leadership role, and as always it is being fronted by the White Males of the Republican Party. There are also men in the Democratic Party that have the same attitudes about women, they are just less vocal but deep inside they too fear the female principle and it is the old primordial trepidation of males loosing the grip on power.

A victory by either of these people will set a precedent of American flexibility and God knows we could use a new perspective. Yet we see the gender card played far more then the race card and once again the fear is the main feature of the hate of the Hillary candidacy.

Our lives are full of the basis for the fear of the Sacred Vagina and as such it may be a huge wall for any female to climb yet if anyone in America can overcome this deeply held prejudice it is Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Robert W. Barker [send him email] is a writer, professional photographer and travel aficionado from Eureka Ca. His work is carried on many web sites around the globe, a first novel recently copyrighted in the library of Congress, is soon to be published.

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