posted August 12, 2019 12:16 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Thank you for your comments.

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posted October 04, 2019 02:57 AM            

The word "rape" seems to be used very lightly in them and from counselling someone whom I know has gone through that ordeal,I can tell you that it is far from "casual".

I can't also help thinking that they should all be taken only within the context of whom was writing them (men). As they put a lot of emphasis on the "beautiful" woman/virgin being violently "deflowered". And this was and still remains a pervasive fantasy for me.

Masculinity in the days of old could have been seen in this light i.e brawn and muscle where men "took" what they wanted and women were "passive",subservient and meek to fight against such sexual invasiveness.

When I read this story, I think of Hades & Persephone. Though the story has been edited by some accounts to make it seem like it was a misunderstood "love story", the tale still smells of male bravado snatching feminine innocence and violating it.

This violence against women continues to this day i.e women are largely victims of rape,serial killings and violent murders so much so that its often imprinted in their psyche that this is the way of the world i.e"This is a man's world."

I think these asteroids need a modern day update and for them to be examined in a more objective light then merely inferring what they were said to symbolize in days of old.

posted October 04, 2019 02:20 PM            

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Originally posted by Aries23Degrees:
These stories seem to be engulfed in hectic sexual violence against women.

The word "rape" seems to be used very lightly in them and from counselling someone whom I know has gone through that ordeal, I can tell you that it is far from "casual".

I can't also help thinking that they should all be taken only within the context of whom was writing them (men). As they put a lot of emphasis on the "beautiful" woman/virgin being violently "deflowered". And this was and still remains a pervasive fantasy for me.

Masculinity in the days of old could have been seen in this light i.e brawn and muscle where men "took" what they wanted and women were "passive",subservient and meek to fight against such sexual invasiveness.

When I read this story, I think of Hades & Persephone. Though the story has been edited by some accounts to make it seem like it was a misunderstood "love story", the tale still smells of male bravado snatching feminine innocence and violating it.

This violence against women continues to this day i.e women are largely victims of rape,serial killings and violent murders so much so that its often imprinted in their psyche that this is the way of the world i.e"This is a man's world."

I think these asteroids need a modern day update and for them to be examined in a more objective light then merely inferring what they were said to symbolize in days of old.

Otherwise we may miss the whole story and become frightful of their fatalistic implications.

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