Outline of My First Oral Presentation

Man’s Mind vs. Woman’s Mind

This is a presentation of Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg (1763) 91 and 291

By Hiroko Kikuchi

Instruction for this oral presentation are found at:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm

1. Love of the Man’s Wisdom

• Women are born to be the love of the man’s wisdom when she gets married.

- Diagrams.

• Why not the opposite way?

- It’s just how it is?

- Socially constructed?

- Agree or Disagree?

• Example: My own experiences.

2. Lack of Conjugial Love

• After newly wed couples have passed through “honeymoon” period, a men and woman compete for the right and power (authority).
• Seeking power/authority.

- Why people want power or authority over others?

- Socially or culturally constructed?

- Agree or Disagree?

• Example: Homemaker Wife vs. Working Husband.

3. Dominant vs. Servant

• After husband or wife obtains their power/authority over one another, they have different approach to use their power/authority.
• Men will be always superior to women?

- Love of the man’s wisdom?

- Men are always superior?

- Agree or Disagree?

• Example: Dominant Husband and Servant Wife vs. Dominant Wife and Servant Husband.

Helpful Links

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/instructor/gloss/cl.html

http://www.newchurchissues.org/SR/SRndx.htm

http://www.baltimorenewchurch.org/cl3.htm

My Homepage

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/409bs2005/kikuchi/home.htm