Re: Vedr. Re: In Defence Of A Goddess - A poll

From: David Cake <dave_at_O9IH-1alpj99xbLi_dYyzQBMBIxX324YjhqeZ213OtUN_YNxrxM2pemRuDV66NM0UQxhrFX>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 01:18:03 +0800

At 10:36 AM +0000 8/5/07, Jeff Richard wrote:
> Maybe you should toy around with
>the idea that Ernalda - and not Vinga - is the source of all that is
>cool and powerful with Heortling women. Ernalda is the Great Goddess,
>source of magic and society, older than wild Orlanth whom She tamed
>and made into her guardian, with secrets beyond the ken of Lhankor Mhy
>and with powers that little Vinga (who chose to continue being her
>Father's little daughter rather than ever become a woman) cannot even
>imagine.

         Maybe you should toy around with the idea that essentialism is a bunch of arse, and trying to force it on all players as holy mythic truth is a stupid idea guaranteed to piss off many of them.

        Would you want to try telling some female corporate lawyers that perhaps they should understand that not try to take on men at their own game and that motherhood, cooking, and femininity is the real source of female power, and they might want to try a different profession? And if you don't expect them to swallow that kind of stuff in real life, why do you expect women to want to in their hobbies?

	Cheers
'		David