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The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the…

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The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as…
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies…
Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely…
Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles…
Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.
If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any…
The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been…
Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant…
Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in…
At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.
In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

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Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never… — Unknown Author
I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé, and herself. — Jessica Simpson
You've got a movie where the pro-choice family gives their daughter no choice. The pro-life family murders. What seems to be the… — Ellen Barkin
My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter. — Aristotle
I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a… — Emma Thompson
I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I… — Ann Hood
I'm at the age when my friends have started having kids, and when my first good friend had a baby, the first… — Jessica Pare
On Becoming a 'Lady': What every mother wants her daughter to be. — Marlene Dietrich
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