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THIS BELONGS IN THE "CRITICISM" SECTION

The Goddess movement although an empowering movement for women is not for women of color. It's a movement that still follows a colonial narrative and showcases the  whiteness of the movement. The Goddess movement has set a division where white women and women of color from different backgrounds are not upheld to the same level of importance. A woman of color is rarely ever heard by those supporting or involved in the movement. Their voices get drowned out by the "powerful" white women. Calling out the movement and it's ignorance towards women of color is a step to recreating a movement holding all women to the same pedestal. ( from source Maya, Kavita)

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THIS BELONGS IN "SECOND WAVE FEMINISM AND GODDESS MOVEMENT"

Goddess spirituality is a way for women to separate themselves from powerlessness they were put under and to accept and come to terms that they are powerful. However Goddess Spirituality was not used early on in the feminist movement when it came to women expressing their spirituality because they didn't see the correlation and saw it fit for a way to express different situations and events women faced. Also feminine spirituality and gerontology are closely derived or related to one another because feminine spirituality focuses very closely on newer generations and how they need to be in touch with themselves and the world around them. But it is also something that should be pushed onto older women because feminine spirituality shouldn't be viewed as something that just disappears as one ages. ( From source Manning)

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START A SECTION FOR "TRIPLE GODDESS AND OTHER EMPOWERING DEITIES" NOTE: PUT SECTION AFTER SECOND WAVE/GODDESS MOVEMENT SECT.

There is a deity known as the Triple Goddess who is the representation of a woman's stages or life. However, it's not strictly for women but for a general guide through childhood, maturity and old age but it strongly correlates with women. The Triple Goddess is a deity that receives worship from all; women, children and men. She is a deity that helps people understand what is happening in their lives in all ages. The stages within women that the Triple Goddess guides them through is maiden/youth, then mother and lover and finally wise woman. All of this is rooted from Pagan people and their beliefs but has gone through changes throughout time yet her main representation has remained the same. (from source Mercree)

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The Goddess Movement and Women’s Movement go hand in hand with one another especially when it comes to women taking back their bodies. Women’s bodies have been oppressed for many years. Women have been told and made to believe their bodies were meant to be hidden until it came to pleasuring men. This way of thinking can be traced all the way back Judeo-Christianity when the church claimed a woman's sexuality was evil and women who experienced pleasure were “bad” women. Women have been forced to lock away their sexuality which has caused a woman expressing her sexuality to be fetishsized. Women being fetishsized and exploited has played a large role in violence against women. (from source Gadon)