Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution1976 |
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... myth - for example , when he announces that woman is possessed of " an insatiable blood - thirst , " as demonstrated in the story ( related in Aeschylus and Apollodorus ) of how the women of Lemnos massacre all but one of their men for ...
... myth - for example , when he announces that woman is possessed of " an insatiable blood - thirst , " as demonstrated in the story ( related in Aeschylus and Apollodorus ) of how the women of Lemnos massacre all but one of their men for ...
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... myth of matriarchy pieced together by Davis will perhaps never be completely disproven or verified . But against all the works detailing woman's oppressed condition , Davis's book stands out as the first to create a counter - image ...
... myth of matriarchy pieced together by Davis will perhaps never be completely disproven or verified . But against all the works detailing woman's oppressed condition , Davis's book stands out as the first to create a counter - image ...
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... myths , the son on reaching manhood is sacrificed " by the edict and consent of his mother . " She observes that this myth has always been treated from the son's point of view , as " the need . . . to sacrifice his own childishness and ...
... myths , the son on reaching manhood is sacrificed " by the edict and consent of his mother . " She observes that this myth has always been treated from the son's point of view , as " the need . . . to sacrifice his own childishness and ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 19 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 32 |
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