Dave

Hi People!

I have always felt that hierarchy was abuse, simply because hierarchy between men and women seeks to limit, restrict and put someone down, essentially seeking to make them less than they are. I see this as abuse. It is certainly not loving, encouraging, edifying and lifting others up!

This means that I do not see a slippery slope from hierarchy to abuse, but rather that hierarchy is abuse. Now, having said that I recognise that some comps would be mortified if they heard me say that, but then my parents controlled and manipulated me for many years, and yet they loved me. It was just that their love was so misguided and distorted that what was well intentioned equaled abuse.

Is that clear?

Kay, I love it when you emphasise!