Quote by Judy Chicago

In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created by a…

— Judy Chicago

The second thing I wrote down that day was that exclusive male imagery of the Divine not only instilled an imbalance within human consciousness,…

— Sue Monk Kidd

In varying degrees and and upon different levels all gods and goddesses represent aspects of One God Which is both 'male' and 'female'.

— Dion Fortune

“If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and…

— Hans Küng

The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept.

— Merlin Stone

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in…

— Dan Brown

“Though formless, the God of Abrahamic mythology is addressed, even visualized, in masculine terms. The God of Hindu mythology is visualized as sometimes male,…

— Devdutt Pattanaik

After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a…

— Carol P. Christ

I think the myths are keeping us limited to, and tied to, what I would call the hyper-masculine tradition. All the major religions in…

— Arjuna Ardagh

“…the exclusive imagining of God as male has deeply wounded women. Our immersion in these images convinced us that we are excluded from the…

— Patricia Lynn Reilly

“Masculinizing God is the first step in positing a hierarchy in which males situate themselves beneath God and above women, implying that there is…

— Asma Barlas

“The misrepresentation of God as strictly male has wounded women in every area of their lives. Women are raped, abused, molested, trafficked and prostituted…

— Trista Hendren