For
thousands of years, men have struggled to establish their supremacy. At first,
they used spirits to secure for themselves a function in a natural world that
seemed to have taken sides with the feminine. Eventually, they created an
all-mighty divinity, and established their status as second to none other than
that highest of all authority.
Sailing
through history, we show that the way procreation was perceived has determined
how men and women positioned themselves in the universe. It has wielded consequences
that have deeply affected our evolution, from the primal vision of an
all-encompassing natural world in which Mother Nature represented the source of
all life, to the subjection of nature and woman, with God the Father sitting at
the summit of the creation.
This
emphasis on gender and nature brings into perspective the current social and
economic resurgence of women and the new attitude towards environment that
needs to be protected from our own deeds. These intricate leitmotifs make us
witness a turning point in our history.