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The prestige she enjoys in the eyes of men comes from them; they kneel before the Other, the Goddess Mother. But as powerful as she may appear, she is defined through notions created by the male consciousness. All of the idols invented by man, however terrifying he may have made them, are in fact dependent on him, and this why he is able to destroy them.

Nå veninder. Jeg nåede ik at blive færdig med bogen fordi jeg lå syg over weekenden, og kunne derfor heller ikke komme til at fremlægge i dag… MEN jeg har skrevet en boganmeldelse som skriftlig aflevering som jeg vil ligge op som at jeg har afsluttet bogen. Jeg vil læse det sidste af bogen lidt løbende og uden at opdatere her😛

“To recognize a human being in a woman is not to impoverish man’s experience: that experience would lose none of its diversity, its richness, or its intensity if it was taken on in its intersubjectivity…”

I’m thinking the worst is over!