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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: Law and Christianity (sort of)
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 10:32:03 EST
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> > 
> > In Gyn/Ecology by Mary Daly a clear line of evolution is shown from the
> > burning of millions of women in Europe, through the female mutilations of
> > the 19th Century, up to the lobotomies and shock treatments of today.
> > 
> > Richard Mateosian
> > {allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!srm    nsc!srm@decwrl.ARPA
> 
> I have never heard of this book or author, but I am interested because of
> what you didn't say here.  MILLIONS of women were burned as witches or 
> whatever in Europe?  Female mutilations; is this like foot-binding or is
> there more?  Are you saying lobotomies and shock treatment are used to
> torture (for pleasure or control) women?  I really am interested in more
> detail.  If my slightly slanted questions received affirmative answers, I
> would like to know what evidence (FACTS) the author gives.  It seems a
> cover-up of this proportion would be near impossible [:-/-)].
> 
	I am assuming that what is referred to here is the various means
exercised by male-dominated social heirarchies to discourage or control
women through the years. The Malleus Mallifactorum (sp ?), the "Hammer
of Witches", is one of the most misogynous books i have ever read. It is
obvious tha the authors hated and feared women and did everything in
their power to keep women from having any power in society. On a modern
level, it seems that psychiatrists have become the new witch-hunters. It
is much easier to put women away than men, for example. For an excellent
book on the subject, I suggest Dr. Phyllis Chesler's "Women and Madness".
You might find it a good introduction to the subject if you object to
more overtly feminist books like Daly's "Gyn/Ecology".

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jcpatilla


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