*BONUS EPISODE* S06E15 About Misogyny

This week on The Tiny Pod on Patreon is all about Misogyny, in honour of the courageous girls in Fordingbridge, the courageous women who survived the violence of the IDF when their flotilla was seized on route to Gaza, and all survivors of male violence.People hear the word Misogyny and immediately get defensive. People think of it in its most extreme form as hatred for all women. But unexamined, internalised misogyny is much broader than that, and it is subtle too. It shows up often unconsciously as distrust of women, contempt, control, fear and dismissal. Women can internalise misogyny too, policing other women, competing with other women, being hyper critical of women's appearance, behaviour, mothering, judging female sexuality more harshly than men’s, and choosing male approval over female solidarity. It is how oppressive systems thrive, when the people being oppressed police themselves and each other.Healing misogyny begins with awareness, because we cannot heal what we refuse to see, and curiosity, opening to exploring what assumptions, beliefs and feelings we have internalised but never examined. Healing for men often looks like allowing grief, grieving the tenderness they never had, childhood wounds, hurt from the mother figure, and examining ideas about masculinity they have inherited. Fear and hatred of women cuts men off from intimacy, connection and the most fulfilling freedom of being truly alive.The truth is we are all equal, regardless of gender, geography, wealth, status, biology or race. Anything that contradicts that truth is false. Fear is a construct of the ego. Love is the truth, and love heals all wounds.I hope you enjoy this episode. If you are interested in listening to more episodes, my weekly podcast can be found on Patreon, link below. 🔗 https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheTinyPod