Women are the true
defenders of the great project of modernity. Women still believe in its great
promise : that humans can determine their fate. That you can lay the ground for
a better future by shaping your environment. That rational choices lead to
predictable consequences. That hard work, sober planning and personal optimization
empower us to take our fate in our own hands. Biologically keen to provide
safety for their families, women have taken the gospel of neoliberalism to
their hearts: it is the individual that is responsible for all risks of life. Playing
by these new rules of the game requires constant self-optimization. More so, it takes a can-do attitude: head on, pragmatic,
result-oriented. In order to advance a career
and breed a family at the same time, women have mastered the Arts of Mars.
This worldview
necessarily collides with a postmodern attitude that clearly acknowledges the
dialectics of our existence. In this view, seemingly antagonistic principles
are necessarily intertwined. Evil is the necessary precondition of good. Good
and Evil cannot exist without each other. Without any point of reference, progress
is a mere illusion. Even if we thrive, we must necessarily decay. Without any superstructure,
life is absurd. Sisyphos may regain some sense of agency, but he cannot know of
holy zest. Surrendering to the necessary ambivalence of postmodern life, Men indulge
in the Art of Venus.
Eva is looking for a
committed partner in crime. Adam doesn’t
even see the point in trying that silly fruit. Eva reduces the
complexities of postmodern life in order to concentrate on her personal
advancement. Adam embraces ambivalence as the principle of his life. The battle
between the sexes goes into its next round. 
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