Lionesses
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There could be more to it, that can be found in history. One Simone de Beauvoir can not make all the difference, dear poet. The discrimination continues
3. Men were strong of arms (or of body) and so they were hero=worshipped in the ancient world. And these persons who commanded the tribes, made the laws, the rules and the practices. They found it to suit their lustful life to treat women as impure, sinners, Slaves, whatnot..
A profound writing. Really, a research paper on how women were treated under various religions. Maybe it is not the fault of the Religion or Religious Texts. I believe, it is the clergies, who were always male, who made such interpretations
Please read my poems (1) A Woman's Body (2) And Silence Is What I Choose (3) Women of Substance 01- The Mother
5. When I write that I am reminded of the plight of women in India, Which Country is the birthplace of Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indira Gandhi etc., even today.