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Fruit of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. the Patriarchy by Liv Strömquist

5.0

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“When patriarchal religions took hold, they obviously didn't want to give menstruation any form of religious status that might compete with the godliness of men. That might be why there's so much aggression toward menstruation in many patriarchal religious texts.”