Jose sat sipping her tea, "what's going on" shouted Holly as she made the long approach through Los Herrerias to the last cafe before the climb.
"Menta poleo, with extra sugar for O"Cebreiro".
"Yes, it's a long one" replied Holly. "I'm sure even the men will care" she laughed.
Holy and Jose had been discussing the night before the "while men talk" series of short stories Jose had written in the early 70's.
"While man walks on the moon....women care" they laughed in unison.
It seemed to them that every stage of life had been about picking up the pieces discarded based on this very simple theory.
Sometimes they laughed at the stupidity of men but at other times they were befuddled as to why they did nothing about it. We didn't live in America. We could do something about it. In America it seemed that men were carving out a job description for women on the television.
Man had clearly decided that women were very good at caring and therefore men should do f*** all, care not a hot. Have the life of Riley. Women should aspire to a beautiful kitchen.
The seeds were sown when the Neanderthal were slowly bred out of the species. They were a caring docile creature, the Neanderthal, and were largely replaced by homo sapien.
As larger societies formed there was a fine line between slaves and women. When slavery was abolished in the UK it became apparent that women should perhaps be allowed more freedoms too. This is when we diverged with our colony in America.
The real freedoms began when men broke ranks and started to care. This all began when Nannies started influencing their early years. Show me a child and I'll show you the man was a cheeky way of explaining how society would change.
This is then freed up some women who were able to take the fight upstream and find out why they were so busy caring for people who had been wounded maimed or murdered on a battlefield. Caring for those who had been scarred by a society that cared only for a progress that carried with it wealth and awe.
Only when poverty hit the wealthy classes did some men really start to care.
As more men started to care This allowed more women to interfere in the direction society was taking. Medicine grew into politics, but it was through writing that the imagination was inspired. Reading about doctors, teachers and great leaders of history touched a nerve and 6 or 7 generations later, Jose would recall them.
This silent revolution was simple economics. Supply and demand are gender neutral and inevitably head for equilibrium. If society wants less Oxford boys clubs residing at 10 Downing Street it will happen.
I like caring, it's in my nature, but when I am doing unnecessary work, created by foolish actions, I know it's time to change our society.
Jose had been inspired by many of the unsung heroes who got on with it. Marketing was manmade and her women didn't need praised. There wasn't time for it, there was work to be done.
When Jose was writing her series of stories they were designed to set the story straight and record the works of women. Holly loved the series.
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