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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. Epic rant!
Mon Aug 1, 2022, 10:03 AM
Aug 2022

Just a small point of fact though ... Because they're so tiny, science had to advance (microscopes in particular, but also the field of genetics), the existence and purpose of 'ovum' was not discovered until the 1800's.

Prior to this point (and esp. 2K years ago), the populace believed that the womb was like a 'field' into which the male placed his 'seed', and they did not know half the genetic material (hell, they didn't even know what genetic material was) is actually contributed by the female.

In the context of what was known at the time of the creation of the ManGods, there's a logic to (edit: Bronze-Age) society believing 'males' were the 'creators of life'. It's wrong, obvs, but not as unreasonable a conclusion as it NOW seems.

People back then didn't know SHIT.

And that's why it's esp. annoying to me that Bronze-Age scribblings are still revered by some, and even more so that they want LAWS for everyone based on their preferred interpretation of the works of these (mostly fiction) writers.

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