Woman: The Dominant SexThe author argues that the women of today have "turned the United States into a matriarchate that has uprooted the normal patterns of family living, " that this is "making it increasingly difficult for men to retain their individuality and traditional sexual status, " and that "its consequences have had, and continue to have, a destructive impact on society as well as on woman herself."--Book jacket. |
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... bride was not only the earth . In the guise of her counterpart she was at the same time the queen of heaven , and therefore the earthy equivalent of the Great Mother who exercised her life - giving functions in Creation to the Sky ...
... bride was not only the earth . In the guise of her counterpart she was at the same time the queen of heaven , and therefore the earthy equivalent of the Great Mother who exercised her life - giving functions in Creation to the Sky ...
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... bride that of the earth fertilized by his generative fluid , and assisted by vitalizing agents charged with the same qualities . In ancient Egypt the royal crowns and the eye of Horus were believed to be endowed with great potency , and ...
... bride that of the earth fertilized by his generative fluid , and assisted by vitalizing agents charged with the same qualities . In ancient Egypt the royal crowns and the eye of Horus were believed to be endowed with great potency , and ...
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... bride of Roman aristocracy was supposed to sacrifice her virginity to him . To quote Saint Augustine : " This custom was regarded as very honest and religious by Roman women , who obliged the young brides to come and sit upon the ...
... bride of Roman aristocracy was supposed to sacrifice her virginity to him . To quote Saint Augustine : " This custom was regarded as very honest and religious by Roman women , who obliged the young brides to come and sit upon the ...
Contents
Prologue | 17 |
Woman in Primitive Cultures | 22 |
Woman in Early Christian Culture | 30 |
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