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A Matriarchal Society, Feminism, and Animus Projection

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We were warned by Jung about big social changes coming and in that sense he is like a prophet.

I wonder if Jung would have seen that as women became more liberated in our western culture, we have adopted a more matriarchal view.

You could argue that as feminism became more prominent so did divorce rates. This lead to children being raised by mothers who project their Animus onto them.

Society rushed to be more feeling oriented. None of this is rational or an intellectual development but rather just a feedback loop for larger social trends that are controlled by archetypes of the collective.

In someways, society has become like a herd of female elephants pushing bull elephants away from the herd. It has the natural inclination of a mother protecting offspring. So feminism springs forth from child rearing or availability to procreate.

What would Jung say about the extreme nature of today’s society and was this the result of loss of a soul?

Posted Jul 5, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

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