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Medea: Rejecting the Patriarchy

Mythology and cultural assumptions about women

“Someone who cannot acknowledge herself to be as mortal as everyone else still has a long way to go before she can reach the point of encounter. At the point of encounter there are neither utter ignoramuses nor perfect sages, there are only people who are attempting, together, to learn more than they know.” (Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed)

From earth mother to wicked witch: the story of Medea

Matriarchs & goddesses

Amazons & princesses

Us & Them

Yin-Yang: Non-polar thinking

Female Bonobos rule

Resources for women


Created Summer 1997. Last update January 2001. Text, design, illustrations by Medea Desktop Publishing. Copyright 1997-2003.

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