That's what I hate about those patriarchal religions: the guilt trip.
Contemporary feminist writers have seen her rather as a demonstration of the extreme body hatred and guilt that a patriarchal religion lays upon women.
Two underlying currents run through Boys for Pele: exploring the role of women in both patriarchal religion and relationships.
For example, an amusing thing happens when a patriarchal religion takes over matriarchal symbols - the male tries to put himself in the female's position.
Both stories deal with the confrontation between female-based, Earth-centered belief systems and rising patriarchal religions.
She has spoken out against what she saw as the inhibiting patriarchal religions that restrict people's inner nature.
While she has identified her religion as both atheist and Wiccan, she is "deeply opposed to all patriarchal religions."
Japanese feminists added mizuko kuyo to their indictment of patriarchal religion and its male leaders.
Originally created to subvert the patriarchal religion, the camp now seeks to work within humanity using the tools that are available to them.
Because Zoroastrianism was a patriarchal religion, it restricted and limited the roles of women in the Sassaninan society.