Not the only woman defamed by the all male clergy/priesthood/imam/guru/inset whatever male in special kit runs things in almost every religious group...
The first objects identified as representations of deities by modern archaeologists usually depicts, tho looking at primarily European evidence it is common globally, a female figure with large breasts and wide hips,
Venus of Marmotta, early Neolithic, c 6/7,000 BC, small, made to be carried by non settled hunter gatherers -http://
www.europeanvirtualmuseum.it/repertidettagli/Deepenings118.htm
However, in modern times, the Daily
Lyingbastard says:-
"Ancient figurines were toys not mother goddess statues, say experts as 9,000-year-old artefacts are discovered" - not an argument I have heard when "experts" ref ancient penis shaped artefacts..
The main initial reason for the belittling of women was the arrival of settled behaviours, raising cattle or sheep - animal husbandry predates cultivation it seems - I use "husbandry" deliberately in its original sense - ownership, control and third on the list, care.
In the early Neolithic, no one owned much, but as people slowly developed favourite pasture, good water - location X3 etc - walls, ditches, demarcation barriers began to appear - you had to make something closed to others for your own private use, creating the perfect opportunity for might is right, possibly arriving as some new religious movement that claimed greater truth and power than the Mother Goddess (this an assumption is based on the impacts of sudden cathartic religious fervour have had in the years since
Violence and aggression now paid bigger dividend than simply a meal or chasing the other people away, it gave you Power, a very dangerous and addictive form of behaviour, as the intervening Millennia have taught. The violent aggressive model for male behaviour begins in the Neolithic and has been perpetuated by pretty much all religions ever since.
I think that may explain why its so ingrained, why many women seem to also have low expectations of other women, when it is almost universal (there exceptions still I think, however small...)
Whether or not you believe yourself, approximately 9,00 years of being brainwashed cant be changed easily, but is learned behaviour, it can be changed
Hopefully not taking the full 9,000 years to reset the clock
PS < sorry its so rambling......
