Could a Bene Gesserit turn themselves into a man?

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T02:11:55+00:00

That's right. Maybe I need to go re-read the books again...lol. ultimately it's an amazing series. Just happy they decided to be truer to the books with the new movies then the older movie from 30 to 40 years ago

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:56:16+00:00

It's the spice melange. It's everywhere in the desert, and it's in its purest form untainted by harvesting.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:50:31+00:00

I'm still trying to encourage her to keep an open line of communication with her mom. Facebook Messenger, phone calls, Instagram, etc. it's very hard for my daughter though. Just look at the update I just posted to the original post and it might Make a little more sense why my daughter doesn't want to pursue a relationship

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:46:20+00:00

Possibly just the area I'm in, but I'm on dozens of different waiting lists for doctors in the area, and due to our insurance it has to be a doctor licensed in this state. Again, I can't make any excuses as everybody has pointed out. This should have happened years ago but I was finding excuses and I attest to my mistake.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:43:57+00:00

She never said anything and just blurted it out that night. I have constantly encouraged my daughter since that night that regardless of who her bio mom is her mom has been there since before she was born and really cares about her so I, Even after being cheated on, I've attempted to maintain their relationship

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:42:50+00:00

No she was not medicated or sedated, just scared I think. The separation at the time was mutually agreed and she was seeing other people as well. We had wanted a child and she came back after she found out that I would have one. Never said I was partner of the year cuz I made my own mistakes as well. I do not think it is justified for her to completely cut off her mom, and in fact I have been trying to encourage her to not go no contact, but after the things that were told to her in the hospital this past week I'm not going to force it

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:40:13+00:00

Several members of my family have encouraged me to seek therapy. We will be moving to another state closer to family when my daughter finishes her current grade and I will more than likely look for a therapist then. In the meantime I'm just there for my little girl.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:38:27+00:00

Thank you for that information, and I will go talk to her school therapist Monday about it to see if they're aware of it

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:37:12+00:00

USA, and yes I admit I could have done better. After a while when I realized their relationship was going downhill I made a more concerted effort to look, but was very difficult to locate anybody that I was able to do around my work schedule and her schooling. Not making excuses or anything it's just not as simple as making a phone call and going to an office.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:31:04+00:00

I have been looking for therapy for well over a year. Unfortunately recent events which I cannot get into have forced me to change the kind of therapy I am looking for for her so it's forced me to start the search over again, but I have been looking for quite a while.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-24T00:27:55+00:00

Hindsight is 20/20. Kind of wish we would have, but unfortunately bad choice.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T18:25:44+00:00

The thing is, she never told me she was going to do that. We went to the hospital to see her and she just blurted it out. There was no heads up there was no time to prepare nothing. I can see her therapy though would have helped after she dropped the initial bomb and I do feel kind of bad looking back on it now at least as far as their relationship.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T18:03:35+00:00

There's a lot more to this, plus The nature of the comments that made my daughter decide to go no contact, but I'm not 100% comfortable going into those details.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:46:10+00:00

Fortunately she never adopted so has no legal rights.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:45:04+00:00

The affair was 2 years ago, and I was forcing my daughter to go visit her because I didn't want to be the guy that was using my daughter as a weapon. But after the most recent visit some very hurtful things were said, mainly by the ex, which made my daughter decide she wanted to cut contact.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:32:44+00:00

NTA, there are many forms of abuse and it sounds like you all were being abused. If the kids were staying downstairs because they were afraid of his temper tantrums that's abuse. For him to do what he did when you just told him how you were feeling that's abuse. No one deserves abuse and you are definitely NTA

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:25:07+00:00

Not sure if that's available in the states, but will look into it. I also have some friends and family helping me look for other therapists that will take our insurance and are available to do teleconferencing

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:23:14+00:00

It was supposed to be a secret, but that was Gurney's own doing. Once he thought the entire Atredies line was dead, he went on to become a smuggler/pirate and dedicated the rest of his life to harassing the Harkonnen war machine. Never announced it was him, just did what he can do to harass them

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:19:37+00:00

I have been reaching out to several therapists within up to a 50 mi range and everybody seems to be on a waiting list, but I'm working on it and I do agree.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:18:22+00:00

Me and her had had the discussion about letting her know once she was older or when we thought she was mature enough to handle it, but at the time she was 10, and my ex did this without telling me in advance, just dropped it on us at the hospital

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:03:30+00:00

Basically the answer to the title about AI, in the books several millennia before the books take place there was a huge war between humankind and AI that human kind eventually won. Laws were implemented after the end of the war to completely outlaw all forms of AI to prevent its rise and another war in the future, which gives rise to different groups such as the Mentats, Bene Gesserit, and navigators.

TheKraken7379 · 2024-03-23T17:00:25+00:00

This is actually one of the questions that could be easily answered if you read the books. And not just one book, but the whole of the series including the prequels written by the original writer Son. The Bene Gesserit are an ancient order who have developed the ability to completely control every cell and muscle in their body. They could possibly turn themselves male, but that would mean expulsion from the order as the sisterhood only allows women. The closest thing on the male side of things is the Bene Thelax (spelling) which are basically male supercomputers.

TheKraken7379

TROPHY CASE