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If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination.

Mary Daly

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Mary Daly
Age: 81 †
Born: 1928
Born: October 16
Died: 2010
Died: January 3
Feminist
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Schenectady
New York
Long
Allowed
Inspiring
Divine
Imagination
Women
Live
Patriarch
Human
Male
Humans
Males

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