“It is noteworthy that the most ancient goddesses of India and Egypt are shown upright, of fierce or powerful countenance. Goddess figures of Greece and Rome are reduced to sitting, kneeling, or bending over. And in this century, goddess figures generally recline. The more the body has been circumscribed by Reason, the more women's mysteries have been feared and suppressed, and the more we have images of women that are either austere, suffering, or degraded. ”