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Murdock stated that the heroine's journey is the healing of the wounding of the feminine that exists deep within her and the culture. [1] Murdock explains, "The feminine journey is about going down deep into soul, healing and reclaiming, while the masculine journey is up and out, to spirit." [2]
In these stories, "Rose" is a beautiful, strong, and enterprising dark-haired girl, while "Candy" is a naïve and more feminine light-haired girl. [19] This dynamic is roughly analogous to the butch and femme dichotomy in broader lesbian culture, and its Japanese equivalent tachi and neko .
The origins of the witch archetype have been connected to antisemitic beliefs: [1] [4] in 1215, the Fourth Council of the Lateran issued an edict that all Jews must wear identifying headgear, a pointed cap known as a Judenhat. This style of hat then became associated with black magic, Satan worship, and other acts of which the Jews were accused ...
Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, [1] [2] and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. [1] [3] [4] [5] To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate.
The poem's biting satire obviously overtly attacks Dr. Swift and his writings. It also actively accuses Swift of misogyny and sexism. Swift's poem was highly invasive as it chronicles the unwanted entry of a man into a lady's dressing room where he sees the woman no longer as an elevated goddess, but as a normal human being with normal bodily functions.
This goddess was initially known as Xuannü (玄女). [4] The name has been variously translated as the "Dark Lady" [5] [6] or the "Mysterious Lady" [6] in English. In the late Tang dynasty, the Daoist master Du Guangting (850–933) created the title Jiutian Xuannü (九天玄女), adding Jiutian (meaning "[of the] Nine Heavens"), to refer to the goddess.
Adrienne von Speyr; Alexandrina of Balazar; Anna Kingsford; Anna Maria Taigi; Anna Schäffer; Anne Catherine Emmerich (blessed); Bárbara de Santo Domingo; Beatrice of Nazareth Flemish nun
A 2008 study sought to find whether blond hair or dark hair was the feminine beauty ideal in the Western world. The authors found that dark hair, rather than blond hair, was the feminine ideal. Women with dark hair were over-represented in Western fashion and pop-culture media, which may explain the finding that men in England generally rated ...