“El dominio masculino es quizás el más penetrante y tenaz sistema de poder
que ha existido en la historia… porque es casi metafísicamente perfecto. Su
punto de vista es la medida estándar de la objetividad, su particularidad se
presenta como el significado de la universalidad, su fuerza es ejercida como
consenso, su autoridad como participación, su control como la definición de
legitimidad... El feminismo reclama la voz del silencio de las mujeres, la
presencia de nuestra ausencia” (MacKinnon 1993).
There is a fascinating 19th century science experiment. As the story goes, researchers found that when they put a frog in a pan of boiling water, the frog just quickly jumped out. On the other hand, when they put a frog in cold water and put the water to boil over time, the frog just boiled to death. The hypothesis is that the change in temperature is so gradual, the frog does not realize it’s boiling to death. While the results of the experiment are in question it is a good metaphor for organization cultures.
Accepting your fate is a choice. Every single thing happening around you is a choice: you can choose to face it, fight it, change it or assume it. Surrender is also a choice. Peace is also a choice.