There are significant sources of often-invisible referents of a cultura of peace that coexist alongside, below the surface, or sometimes against the current of the predominant culture of adversarialism. A classical example is the so-called ‘private sphere’, traditionally managed by women, which is characterized by cooperation, conciliation, preservation, kindness, and compassion. It coexists with the ‘public sphere’, conventionally dominated by men, with its patterns of competition, conflict, conquest, aggression, and insensitiveness. The public sphere tends to be the most visible and outspoken, but it is the private sphere that has enabled humankind to survive the damage it has caused.

1. Releasing the Culture of Mutuality from Obscurity Peter C. Newton-Evans

7. Differentiated Qualities Mercy, compassion, generosity Justice, rigidity, greediness Softness, sensitivity, expressing feelings Hardness, insensitivity, repressing feelings Intuitive thought, creativity, emotions prevail, understanding the whole Logical, linear thought, analysis, the intellect prevails, knowing data Consolidation, preservation and cultivation of what is conquered Invasion, conquest, domination of new territories Reflexive, tender, moral strength, words predominant Impulsive, aggressive, brute force, weapons predominant Harmony, conciliation, collaboration Conflict, confrontation, competition Classical Feminine Classical Masculine

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