Reply #20: Well, that's all well and good...

[Chulanowa]

Unfortunately I have witnessed firsthand that goddess-worshipers can be every inch as deranged, discriminatory, and awful as any patriarch's. This is a predictable backlash against exactly what you describe - but that doesn't make it any more right. Too often I have seen people, not just women, use goddess worship as a method of "getting even" on a spiritual level. One of the main turn-offs of Wicca for me was the imbalance between male and female deity - all too often the male aspect was portrayed as an optional and expendable sperm factory for the all-powerful female; a male Mary to a female Yahweh.

Focus on one at the expense of the other is unhealthy, no matter which you choose.