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Author Topic: Problems connecting with female deities?  (Read 1565 times)

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Problems connecting with female deities?
« on: June 13, 2013, 11:48:59 pm »
This is a problem that has been plaguing me for a while, so I thought I'd ask for some input from others.

I have problems connecting to female deities. I had a budding relationship with Aphrodite, but it seems like when I start building a deeper relationship, I instinctively 'turn off' somewhere. This has happened to me with some gods as well, but I find there that I can usually come back and pick back up from where I left. With female deities, it seems like any ground I make I feel obliged to let go of, and if I wish to try to start reconnecting I have to go right back to the very beginning. Has anyone else had such gender issues with deities? Has anyone overcome it? For what it is worth, I am a cis-gendered female.

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Re: Problems connecting with female deities?
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2013, 12:08:35 am »
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For what it is worth, I am a cis-gendered female.


Hm.  Do you have any difficulty relating with people of your own gender?
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Re: Problems connecting with female deities?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2013, 12:23:26 am »
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Hm.  Do you have any difficulty relating with people of your own gender?

 
I hadn't thought about this, but it seems like I naturally feel more comfortable around my male relationships. I do have close female friends that I love and cherish, but if I look closely part of me is always afraid of really letting my guard down for fear of judgement.

So perhaps its an open-and-shut textbook case of fearing a judging, dominant male powerhead, except in my case its female?

Damn, you are good MadZealot.

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Re: Problems connecting with female deities?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 03:41:59 am »
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Damn, you are good MadZealot.

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Re: Problems connecting with female deities?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2013, 08:18:38 pm »
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This is a problem that has been plaguing me for a while, so I thought I'd ask for some input from others.

I have problems connecting to female deities. I had a budding relationship with Aphrodite, but it seems like when I start building a deeper relationship, I instinctively 'turn off' somewhere. This has happened to me with some gods as well, but I find there that I can usually come back and pick back up from where I left. With female deities, it seems like any ground I make I feel obliged to let go of, and if I wish to try to start reconnecting I have to go right back to the very beginning. Has anyone else had such gender issues with deities? Has anyone overcome it? For what it is worth, I am a cis-gendered female.

 
Maybe the ways that you connect to your Gods is not completely transferable to the way a Goddess would like you to connect to her? I'm still trying to find which deities would like to work with me and like you I do tend to get a bit better along with my male friends than my female friends so maybe we both have a more masculine energy or are drawn to a more masculine energy that the Gods pick up on. Keep trekking on and I think that some day you'll find the right Goddess for you, I'm hoping that I will.

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