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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I'm referring to books on magick.
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.