Toys are responsible for life on Planet Earth.

Toys are profoundly important in the growth and development of a child. Toys have a profound impact on the adult a child grows up to be, the work he or she does, the contributions he or she may make to society. 

            

If toys matter to you, I cannot recommend highly enough Ken Brosterman's book Inventing Kindergarten in which he explains how the work of Mondrian, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bucky Fuller and other great minds of the early 20th century were clearly influenced by the toys they played with in the original Kindergarten program. 

            

Men have a more violent nature than women. Can we agree on that? Cultures that oppress women in the extreme, such as the Taliban in Afghanistan and Iran are far more violent that our western society. There exists in the world nuclear and other weapon technology adequate to utterly destroy all life on Earth. 

            

We have not destroyed ourselves and all life on Earth. However, if nuclear weaponry were available to the Taliban or Iran, it is a safe bet that they would rain down nuclear destruction on those they hate. 

            

The connection between violence and the oppression of women is not coincidence.  I believe that the greater influence of women in society, the less violent is that society. Women bear children and have nurturing instincts that enable them to raise children and create a family environment. These same nurturing instincts are a counterbalance to the more aggressive or violent tendencies of the hunter/gatherer males. 

 

To Be Continued . . .  

 

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