And the man went on to say: "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me [fruit] from the tree and so I ate."

The disharmonic winds of a tornado best describe the relationship between women and men.  History, past and present, has been an eyewitness to the atrocities committed by men upon women for the sake of domination.  Women have been burned, tortured and schemed upon in an effort to deny the female species equal rights, not only at home, but also in society. 

                The portrayal of the role that women have played can be likened to an amalgam.  In this “mixture of woman” lie several factors.  One on hand, women are powerful sexual seductive creatures.  With one glance, a woman can render a man impervious to all common sense and reasoning.  On the other hand, a woman’s sole existence is encased in the family unit and the benefits one brings to a male relative.

                Albeit, the female struggle has been a tumultuous one, the courage shown by women yielded positive results.  Women demanded the right to exist, not as sexual beings or keepers of house and husband, but as equals.  What was once known as “women’s work” was now becoming art.  Tapestries and manuscripts created nuns in the 16th century are commonly recognized as works of art.  The quilts created by slaves as a map and dressmaking have a place in the Smithsonian.  The decorations of graves in the southern part of the United States are mere trash, but a tradition rooted in a history once stolen from its people.  This too, is known as art.

                At times it seemed as if the female would always be downtrodden and dominated.  For centuries women were constantly denied equality.  However, things are not what they always appear to be.  Due to the strength, courage and trailblazing of women, the disharmony of the male-female relationship has weakened.