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It is well known that males are dominant in many, and in all most populous present day societies, but that is a historical result of last 500 years of European military expansion and extermination of native cultures. Native cultures, of which most were not sexually dichotomized nor oppressive to either sex.....
Early Europeans in this area worshipped earth goddesses under many names; for example, Pandora, Athena, Aphrodite, Artemis, and Hera. However, no matter which name was used, the earth goddess was worshipped in order to assure the human family health, prosperity, and fertility in personal and in agricultural terms.
By 2100 B.C., aggressive patriarchal tribes worshipping a supreme male god who was a father-figure or a successful warrior had begun to invade many matriarchal communities. They brought with them a new social and political order in which males dominated.
2007-11-03
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