Word: goddesses
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...there are some phrases for which there seem to be no satisfactory alternatives; old masters does not quite work as old mistresses, nor does it seem likely that anyone will ever speak of the founding mothers or change the currency to read "In Goddess We Trust...
...message of the joke would be lost in some cultures; in India, for instance, Kali-an incarnation of the Hindu mother goddess-is both female and black. But it bites enough in Western civilization, where Judaeo-Christian theology has intermittently taught white superiority over black and consistently taught male superiority over female. Color prejudice in theology has been largely expunged. Gender prejudice remains. God is the Father. Jesus Christ is the Son. Even the Holy Spirit, in the New Testament, is "he." And women? Women are the daughters of Eve, the original temptress...
...work calmly with her peers, but he mistakes his tears for libido. Gleaming icicles of detail fall from the page. Sizing up the woman's pleasant study, the man thinks, "I wouldn't like it if my wife had a room like this." Like a weary warrior goddess, Lessing views the seduction step by monstrous step. The woman gives in out of pity for the lout. "The stupid cow, the slut," he concludes...
thoroughfare; The mountain goddess, if she still...
...notes that were put together by Henry Kissinger to brief the President for his historic mission to China. A year ago, the very idea that Nixon, or any other U.S. Chief Executive, would visit China on a good-will mission would have seemed absurd. But not only the mountain goddess is startled these days by how the world has changed...