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Week 13 Reading Part B: Seven Secrets of the Goddess

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Rama with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana during exile in forest, manuscript, ca. 1780,  Wikicommons Seven Secrets of the Goddess In the beginning both men and women were free Prostitutes of women and men existed, but the male prostitutes were often castrated and effeminate Over time females became property to a degree in different cultures either through marriage or through community Deukis were young girls offered to temples and were often refereed to as sacred prostitutes that could cure some diseases The idea of subservient women is observed If a women speaks first demons are born If a man speaks first then normal humans are born There was also a story where a blade gave to the creation of three women and a necklace the birth of three men. The contest was concluded with the men being the greater number in comparison to the women Women who avoided conceding power to men were cast out but in this casting out they were seen as more desirable Women are pro...

Week 13 Reading Part A: Seven Secrets of the Goddess

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Bull, Wikicommons Seven Secrets of the Goddess The women hold a higher position in dating in many old Indian texts Males who pushed themselves on females were killed The music of the video is very repetitive The imagery of the video is very interesting, there is many pictures and scenes from the Mahabharata and various statues The idea of one man for a town of women was entertained a lot Castration of bulls was common practice and this idea was extended somewhat to men in the past There were tales where men were to be killed unless they castrated themselves The virgin mother was a symbol in Indian stories, back then a virgin was not a women who had not had sex, but rather a women who was ready to have a child Women had a lot of power in there sexuality Yami rejects sex with her brother and becomes the goddess of death Gods of desire were associated with death and decay Reject women granted freedom from death Semen in the spine was thought to bring power to control...