tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post1462642407869832288..comments2024-03-13T19:43:37.378-07:00Comments on From Bitter Waters to Sweet: Addressing Misogyny In SOS Chapter OneMara Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post-79043869136643800452011-11-01T11:23:09.719-07:002011-11-01T11:23:09.719-07:00Sure.
It could mean all that and probably does mea...Sure.<br />It could mean all that and probably does mean that first of all on the first level of understanding.<br /><br />On the symbolic level, I've heard people refer to 'mother' as being symbolic of the world or of the church (i.e God-father, church-mother). Whether there is anything to that or not, this I know.<br />People in the world have burned us, people in the church have burned us including supposed 'brothers'.<br /><br />On another symbolic level, it could be about brothers mistreating a sister because she is a sister rather than a brother.<br />Back in the day, whereas a man might have multiple wives, a woman would not have multiple husbands. Unless the beloved's mother was widowed, calling her brothers her mother's sons might indicate that they are NOT half siblings, but rather whole.<br /><br />Of course it is not clear, nor do I feel it's meant to be clear, black and white, one way and no other way at all.<br /><br />Poetry can contain so many things on so many levels and can speak so many different things to so many different people and yet have a deep honestly throughout.<br /><br />To the wounded soul, the symbolism can meet them at the point of need.<br />~Half-sibling (half breed)<br />~Mistreated in church (spiritual abuse)<br />~Misogyny<br />~Actual child abuse in the home<br />~ETC to infinity.<br /><br />God is infinit. His healing is for all for any reason. The symbolism and/or take away from these verses do not have to be confined down to something small. It can be viewed open ended and far reaching.Mara Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385458933795539928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421420703803149726.post-50529485699696116342011-10-31T13:24:50.001-07:002011-10-31T13:24:50.001-07:00The phrase "mother's sons" could be ...The phrase "mother's sons" could be a form of distancing. I.e. they share the same mother but not the same father. In mixed marriage settings stepsiblings and half siblings are not always as close to each other as biological siblings descended from the same mother and father are. As a step sibling I've certainly noticed this in a variety of practical ways. <br /><br />In patriarchal societies fatherly lineage was what counted. The distancing statement could speak of the unwillingness of half-siblings (i.e. mother's sons) to properly recognize the woman as part of the same family.Wenatchee the Hatchethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13208892745502555715noreply@blogger.com