Hell, I semi-fetishize the idea of Paladins (mostly because Cecil Harvey was my first major RPG hero with a real story), but I don't go around being a merciless soldier of God, smiting heretics. Also, I didn't play the Paladin in Diablo 2 because he was black, I played him because he was a fucking Paladin. The way ethnicities are being fetishized now makes me think I could never go back to that.
In more recent years, probably. The Wiccan bullshit has its origins in some of the truly extra nutty feminist movements of the 60's and 70's.
Neo-druidism I expect is mostly an extension of larping and renaissance fairs. Likely the same with Neo-Hellenism, although at least that has some more fun and effort put into it.
I don't blame people looking to the past for guidance It depends on the person how that turns out. If you were a nutty feminist, well you probably did it wrong.
There's others on similar subjects that I'm having trouble finding at the moment. I seem to recall one feminist historian espousing the absurd idea that in early civilization, matriarchies rules peacefully, until foreign "evil patriarchal" conquerors came in and ruined everything.
In most of the other new-age Neo-Pagan religions, I'll agree, it's more often men from what I can tell.
Wiccan and new age is pretty much all women, simps, and trannies. Neopaganism is much more male. The two get conflated all the time because they're both fake. I've only known one neopagan who observed any serious rituals, and while I don't think he believed sacrificing a chicken would actually accomplish anything, if you're willing to trudge through the woods, in the nude, in winter, to sacrifice an animal, I can at least recognize the effort.
It's even more pathetic when they're trying to appease to super niche, new-age pagan religions. Ones who probably don't actually give a fuck anyway.
And probably half the people who join those groups only did so because they played D&D and thought it sounded cool to "become a druid in real life".
Hell, I semi-fetishize the idea of Paladins (mostly because Cecil Harvey was my first major RPG hero with a real story), but I don't go around being a merciless soldier of God, smiting heretics. Also, I didn't play the Paladin in Diablo 2 because he was black, I played him because he was a fucking Paladin. The way ethnicities are being fetishized now makes me think I could never go back to that.
It’s almost like you don’t object to black people unless they’re acting like violent belligerent low IQ race hustling ghetto trash.
Also not being race-swapped white characters, but I digress.
I do though.
Fucking casual.
;-P
Deus vult intensifies....
In more recent years, probably. The Wiccan bullshit has its origins in some of the truly extra nutty feminist movements of the 60's and 70's.
Neo-druidism I expect is mostly an extension of larping and renaissance fairs. Likely the same with Neo-Hellenism, although at least that has some more fun and effort put into it.
Worshipping more than one god seems harder than worshipping one god. Seems like going backwards.
At least with one God you can be like "yeah I talked to him and his opinions are the same as mine" and move on with your life.
I don't blame people looking to the past for guidance It depends on the person how that turns out. If you were a nutty feminist, well you probably did it wrong.
You've made clear you haven't read a single book on the topic. It's a heavily male dominated field.
I've not read any of her books, but this feminist's work has definitely had influence in various areas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Valiente
There's others on similar subjects that I'm having trouble finding at the moment. I seem to recall one feminist historian espousing the absurd idea that in early civilization, matriarchies rules peacefully, until foreign "evil patriarchal" conquerors came in and ruined everything.
In most of the other new-age Neo-Pagan religions, I'll agree, it's more often men from what I can tell.
Edit: I think I found that 2nd feminist I was referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Gimbutas
Seems its mostly females that take up the new age pagan stuff. Usually they take it up because they think they can use it to cast spells or curses.
Wiccan and new age is pretty much all women, simps, and trannies. Neopaganism is much more male. The two get conflated all the time because they're both fake. I've only known one neopagan who observed any serious rituals, and while I don't think he believed sacrificing a chicken would actually accomplish anything, if you're willing to trudge through the woods, in the nude, in winter, to sacrifice an animal, I can at least recognize the effort.
It's all men I'm award of. And, even on Reddit it's all men who think it's, " sex magic" to become trans.
There are people that just look for excuses to complain. In the legal system it has a name, and all the ones that are well known happen to be men.
Go look at Afroman's case update for an explanation.
Most of the stuff like this is an attempt to get women into hobbies that they couldn't care less about.
Not necessarily done by women, but definitely for women.