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Emancipation?

  Nothing has changed. Men have the power: they have always felt entitled to it and they still are. "Emancipation" is just a word to be mocked because men remain in charge of the world's most vital matters. Women are still considered and expected to be pleasant decorations, needed to adjust and soften the atmosphere. ​And yet, despite this low level of consideration, that role is another kind of power nonetheless! It is a power that voracious women embrace and learn to wield in order to dominate, yet without ever clearly affirming this "dominant" role. This type of apparently "submissive power" is much easier to deny and far harder to measure. ​You see this dynamic very clearly in the Mediterranean countries, where the Arab domination left deep roots. In the northern countries it seems less evident. And yet a widespread, creeping hatred towards women remains very strong. The fact that a Swedish author, Stieg Larsson, wrote Men Who Hate Women, it shows ...

At the thermal springs

 


I live only a few kms from this "Terme". Actually in Pavia's province there are three! So I'm quite lucky for that, I don't need a long trip, it takes about seven/ten minutes to reach the "springs", and I can go at any time, I don't need an appointment, whenever I arrive is fine. 

I am not having any healing baths but I chose three kind of inhalations. Sometimes though I do take a Turkish bath or a Sauna. 

Being here it takes me back into the 50s/60's. The old structure, perfectly working, it shows its "vintage" style, and makes me feel like in a Fellini film! 
Besides, all that palpable atmosphere, thick with the steam produced by the hot springs, takes me into a kind of subtle trance. Hot and humid but healthy. And I feel sooo well there. 

If I don't prolong my staying further, with the sauna or Turkish bath, in half an hour I am out. The little town, Rivanazzano, is a little holiday jewel of this region: the Oltrepò pavese. Sometimes I take a stroll and I go for a quick coffee while enjoying the place. 

Everything is at peace: within and without. 

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