ANT211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Virginity, Ejaculation, Chastity Belt
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Domestic violence: the primitive balance has changed when people moved from villages to cities, domestic violence has become a result of male aggression, the natural balance has disappeared. New zealand: women would pray to the mother goddess to bring more offspring, essential figure around which everything revolved. Different goddesses or deities worshipped: diana. Roman goddess with her greek counterpart being artemis. Diana was a symbol of purity, she was also prayed to by women who wanted to conceive and by mothers who wanted an easy childbirth. Sometimes referred to as lucina, diana"s reputation of protecting mothers and children earned her a place of honor among women: the virgin mary. Taken on the mantle of the great mother . Her virginity and relationship to jesus is celebrated. Fight for the right to vote: feminist movement. Women burned bras and any article of clothing that were considered as entrapment by men.
