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Posted by Olivia on August 21, 2003, 4:28 pm Contrary to the images seen in contemporary culture, the first representations of women were voluptuous nude icons carved out of stone. Originating around 25,000 B.C, these sacred statues emphasized the female's ability to create, nurture, and endure, with exaggerated female attributes such as large breasts, big bellies, wide hips, and solid thighs. Link: http://www.rodrigo-ny.com/women
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The female figurines were widely accepted and worshiped by both men and women for tens of thousands of years. Cultures honoring goddesses emphasized principles such as community, respect for nature, and fertility. In societies with these beliefs women held high social positions such as landowners, politicians, and priestesses, and inheritance followed in the footsteps of the female, as children took their mother's name.
Unfortunately, around 4500 B.C, the goddessesÂ’ power and status was rapidly eroding, as images of warrior sky gods began to replace the fertility goddesses. With myths and stories suggesting males as the divine and true soul source of creation, masculine male deities carrying spears and hurling thunderbolts were now worshipped.
Once the idea of male gods was accepted, the female goddesses were believed to have been defeated, and peaceful societies became dominated by slavery, technology, and war. Laws now forbid women from owning land, taking part in businesses, and having an inheritance, as the importance of females and feminine power vanished.
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