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Once, the Europeans worshiped both nature and matriarchal deities.
The Greek Pantheon, though depicted as being sexually liberated, also started the tradition of showing women as being something to fear - with many Greek heroes being plotted against by Hera, who was the villain of the stories despite Zeus repeatedly cuckolding her.
The Abrahamic faiths contributed to this attitude via a very absolutist stance against sex. Having sex, even THINKING about having sex, was deemed as sinful and perverse. The female characters were only viewed as sympathetic when they either eschewed sex or 'settled' for a man.
Case in point, the Virgin Mary is lauded but Jezebel is derided. The woman Christ saves from stoning is extended compassion on the basis that she 'sin no more' - her 'sin' stemming from perfectly natural sexual urges.
The role of women in nature is procreation, they are the keys to our survival, to our happiness, they hold in their hands the lineage that will continue our names once we die.
Can you imagine how awful it is to have that great responsibility written off as 'sinful'?
The faiths of the world turned women from human beings into glorified incubators - to be used and discarded as men saw fit.
How were we ever conned and duped into such an absurd idea?
But, at the very least, we can say we've made progress. Not as much as I'd like, but how can you effectively combat misogyny when so much of it is rooted in the trickier concept of religion?