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Women's World

WhiteTara

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5. Millions of women died so this could be the

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:13 AM

Apr 2017

way of societies. When we became a patriarchal world, all things that give life were denigrated and demoted. Now the patriarchy is working to finish off the very planet that gives us all life.

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Stone Age thinking shenmue Apr 2017 #1

Millions of women died so this could be the WhiteTara Apr 2017 #5

Straight from Leviticus yodermon Apr 2017 #2

older than that Kali Apr 2017 #3

Yes, many Native American tribes practiced this as well. CanonRay Apr 2017 #4

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Excellent article. wcast Apr 2017 #6

big secret indeed CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #7

My entire 'woman talk' was my mother handing me a Kotex flyer about menstration angstlessk Apr 2017 #9

Same here CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #10