Generic Male, Endangered Gender?

Mon, 01 Feb 1993 00:00:00 -0500

“Just like a man!” The unspoken judgment trembled palpably on the airwaves as four powerful women—a television reporter, a Congressional representative, and two physicians—held at bay the lone male guest, himself a doctor. Women’s health was the issue in contention on this MacNeil-Lehrer debate. Were sufficient funds being earmarked for researching ailments peculiar to women? No. Why did the longitudinal studies of coronary disease focus only on men? Was that fair? And since the makeup of both the medical profession and the government was largely male, could one really expect that women’s concerns would be properly addressed?

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The Goddess That Failed

Tue, 01 Dec 1992 00:00:00 -0500

“A ll hail to the Goddess,” chanted the berobed and garlanded women, as they stood in a circle, hands clasped. “All hail to Her whose good green earth we share and guard. All hail to Her whose time has come again.” The ritual, which took place in a forest clearing somewhere in Massachusetts, was filmed several years ago for a television documentary about covens of witches and the growing popularity and growing visibility of witchly leagues and associations. Devotees prefer the term “Wicca”—better yet, “Wicce,” which refers specifically to female congregations and rites honoring the Great Goddess who ruled in Europe before Christian times, before her followers were martyred, before her worship was driven underground.

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Generic Male, Endangered Gender?

The Goddess That Failed