This early experience of loss and even betrayal leads boys to be suspicious of opening themselves to subsequent relations, especially with women. A man is whatever a woman is not. The power of women is great in the life of every man. Many men fear falling under the control of women, i.e., into a situation which resembles the perilous one they knew as little boys. Hence, there is a tendency on the part of men either to avoid women all together, or to objectify them as sexual objects.
Patriarchal society reflects the widespread fear of women on the part of men.
Women are belittled, degraded, prevented from participating fully in society. Insights into our emotions can be effective only if we are capable of noticing what transpires in our bodies. Emotions occur, but they can be overlooked. Hence, Embodiment Training would involve lots of practice in perceiving bodily states. The capacity to make appropriate discriminations of bodily emotional states could be developed by various kinds of meditation, body work, the Alexander technique, Tai Chi, yoga, and so on.