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In reply to the discussion: The Duggars (19 Kids and Counting) consider Halloween "demonic" [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)130. Everything about female anatomy is magic to them. Like The Wandering Wombs:
The Wandering Womb : A Cultural History of Outrageous Beliefs About Woman
Female anatomy, especially the womb, has for centuries been shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding, defining the social place of women in male dominated cultures. Even with advances in medicine, some in today's society believe they can control women's sexual identity.
The Wandering Womb is a provocative tour through religious, medical, and social histories, pinpointing humorous, outrageous, and hair-raising beliefs, practices, and longstanding falsehoods that permeate human cultures. In Egyptian times, it was believed that the womb was an entity unto itself capable of "wandering" in the body, and also into the world beyond in search of nourishment! This idea, and many others were entwined in medical ignorance and religious superstition, which have often labeled women as incomplete, inferior, imperfect, and even inherently evil.
Sexual myths have viewed menstruation as dirty, designing outrageous rituals around this natural process, from strange diets and prescriptions to mandated isolation and violent practices. Sexuality and desire in women has been viewed as taboo and dangerous, while child rearing is considered the highest calling. In Western history, women's health problems were often written off simply as an "unsatisfied uterus," or "hysteria" of their weak and demon possessed bodies, while physical characteristics were used to label women as witches.
This fascinating, often maddening romp through the bedrooms and birthing rooms of time illustrates why women have been sexually "enslaved," and reminds us that we've come a long way from the mythical virgin birth to women's liberation and beyond.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1573922641/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=35012767164&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=13428328478262683615&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4iuijz8lka_b
The first review is also good, but it was written back in 1999. I think the country has regressed to something slighter newer than 3000 B.C. with the GOP take over of school boards and churches.
Female anatomy, especially the womb, has for centuries been shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding, defining the social place of women in male dominated cultures. Even with advances in medicine, some in today's society believe they can control women's sexual identity.
The Wandering Womb is a provocative tour through religious, medical, and social histories, pinpointing humorous, outrageous, and hair-raising beliefs, practices, and longstanding falsehoods that permeate human cultures. In Egyptian times, it was believed that the womb was an entity unto itself capable of "wandering" in the body, and also into the world beyond in search of nourishment! This idea, and many others were entwined in medical ignorance and religious superstition, which have often labeled women as incomplete, inferior, imperfect, and even inherently evil.
Sexual myths have viewed menstruation as dirty, designing outrageous rituals around this natural process, from strange diets and prescriptions to mandated isolation and violent practices. Sexuality and desire in women has been viewed as taboo and dangerous, while child rearing is considered the highest calling. In Western history, women's health problems were often written off simply as an "unsatisfied uterus," or "hysteria" of their weak and demon possessed bodies, while physical characteristics were used to label women as witches.
This fascinating, often maddening romp through the bedrooms and birthing rooms of time illustrates why women have been sexually "enslaved," and reminds us that we've come a long way from the mythical virgin birth to women's liberation and beyond.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1573922641/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=35012767164&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=13428328478262683615&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4iuijz8lka_b
The first review is also good, but it was written back in 1999. I think the country has regressed to something slighter newer than 3000 B.C. with the GOP take over of school boards and churches.
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This is observationally equivalent to people who don't feel like buying candy to give out.
Dreamer Tatum
Sep 2014
#1
I consider having 19 kids during a time when our our future is one of ever limited resources...
hlthe2b
Sep 2014
#2
Pro-choice does not mean "ABSENT ANY PLANNING" for any and all future pregnancies
hlthe2b
Sep 2014
#30
Once you assign values to choices, you disrupt the general notion of choice and you invite criticism
Wella
Sep 2014
#116
Are you so accustomed to people lying that you can't comprehend when someone tells you the truth?
Wella
Sep 2014
#121
It means that your philosophical world view should shape your opinion. If you are Pro-Choice, you
Wella
Sep 2014
#106
Ok. If I am confused, perhaps you can do what I have done: give a philosophical and legal perspectiv
Wella
Sep 2014
#128
when men decide to relegate women to the role of brood mare--mere chattel for more and more children
hlthe2b
Sep 2014
#140
Criticizing someone's decisions in no way denies her right to make those decisions.
Mariana
Sep 2014
#56
Not immediately. But societal judgements can quickly become laws that deny people rights
Wella
Sep 2014
#95
Pretty ridiculous isn't it? Those who don't want to have a baby must have the choice not to, but
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#117
My dad's parents had 9 kids (8 still living) and I love all my aunts and uncles dearly.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#36
Large families, especially during the depression and in rural areas was the norm.
hlthe2b
Sep 2014
#37
All very true. Though my dad's family was neither rural nor extremely poor, just Catholic.
nomorenomore08
Sep 2014
#38
If blue smoke escapes from his appliance from hell, he needs to quit buying the cheap ones
jmowreader
Sep 2014
#132
crotch-fruit? That's how you refer to children? Wow. Do you aspire to be as hateful as the
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#13
We need our own cable news network to expose the dirty truth about the War on Halloween!
pinboy3niner
Sep 2014
#32
Nominations for the subject of our annual satanic curse are now closed--we have a winner!
pinboy3niner
Sep 2014
#61
They don't like "magic," but they are fine with a book of stories about a talking snake,
Arugula Latte
Sep 2014
#70
Don't forget Lott and his daughters, who take turns having sex with papa in a cave
Jamastiene
Sep 2014
#78
Isn't it statistically likely that at least one little Duggar or Duggarette would be gay?
tularetom
Sep 2014
#101
I could care less what they believe especially about Halloween. What I care about is them
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#120