If God is male, then male is God. The divine patriarch castrates women as long as he is allowed to live on in the human imagination.
Mary DalyThe word โsinโ is derived from the Indo-European root โes-,โ meaning โto be.โ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, โto beโ in the fullest sense is โto sin'.
Mary DalyGod's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
Mary Daly