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Originally Posted by PointlessWords
I am wondering if violence against women in the western world is a result of opression and frustration from men...
Let’s focus on frustration first. Frustration arises in response to a rejection / hostility toward your desires. The level of frustration you will feel is associated with the amount of entitlement you identify with. The amount of entitlement you identify with is associated with how you view the self.
Is the self just another being of this world? If so, why should you feel any sense of entitlement to what you want? Does the self have a soul with entitlements and promises written on it? If so, you will feel high amounts of both entitlement and frustration. You can observe your emotions and determine how you view your self.
A high sense of entitlement and repeated frustrations will result in a desire for justice and a view of the world as unjust. To pursue justice is highly meaningful, but this meaning will only sustain if you make real progress, and in order to make real progress in the pursuit of justice, you will have to go way beyond your comfort zone. There is a reason why only superheroes can actually bring about justice in the movies.
The socialized self will never make real progress in the pursuit of justice. The core agreement of socialization is the giving up of the desire for justice in exchange for security and comfort in the short to mid term. The self which is capable of attaining justice has been psychologically oppressed for as long as you have been operating from the socialized self.
In conclusion, feelings of frustration, oppression, and injustice are deeply real. But understand the game you are participating in, and if you are going to play, either play to win or don’t bother at all.