Collaboration: The Key to Dismantling Patriarchy?

Welcome to episode 12 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast.

In this week's episode, we chat about:

- The NBC article about how female bonobo monkeys fend off male aggression that inspired this episode

- How patriarchy persists by keeping women separated from one another

- Why patriarchy has been so darn successful at staying around even though women actually outnumber men

- Internalized misogyny and how that affects our communities

- How we've been set up to compete as women and how that isn't typically mirrored in the animal kingdom

- How our society was set up to ensure women are completely dependent upon men financially

- Why it is important to seek out the work of women

- How to cultivate female connection

- The changes that occur in cultural messaging for girls after we hit puberty

- How we can start to bring forth greater collaboration between women and activating the power of the web

- Questioning the framing of the very article that inspired this episode!

Resources: 

- NBC Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/bonobos-form-girl-groups-fend-male-aggression-study-says-rcna202803

- Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and The Blade and Sacred Pleasure (as well as several other books)

- The Web episode of Woman Uncaged: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bDIcom0TMnRaGvFI6uTEl?si=5d9c77a993aa44f0

- How to Decenter Men in Your Life by Zawn Villines on the Liberating Motherhood Substack: https://zawn.substack.com/p/how-to-decenter-men-in-your-life

- Carol Gilligan's book The Birth of Pleasure 

- Why Does Patriarchy Persist? by Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider

- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

~Linda's book: Homecoming: One Woman's Story of Dismantling Her Inner Cage and Freeing Her Wild Feminine Soul ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/