A model of culture and human relations based on partnership, linking, and respect. Women and
men are equally valued; both men and women can be nonviolent, empathetic, and caring.
Opposite to Dominator Culture.
In a partnership
system...
Humans have many possibilities.
Difference is valued.
Power is used to empower and nurture through hierarchies of actualization.
Competition means striving for excellence.
People cooperate for mutual benefit.
Economic structures are equitable.
Nature is highly valued.
Morality of sensitivity, caring, and respect.
(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and
David Korten's _The
Great Turning_)
We, too, in
America are in the mist of an revolution. A transformation from a domination culture that views the
world as fleeting and open to exploitation, to a partnership culture that wants its society to be permanent and seeks to partner with the
world to create harmony.
(Eric Stewart)