[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Makaveli the Don already addressed this:

wonder why they call you bitch, you wonder why they call you bitch

 

Originally Posted by Dead-Air

It's been my experience that both genders objectify the other and use this as a form of sexual power/dominance. Chicks just look better while they're doing it.

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

 

"women, in the picture of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known.. by deficient eyes she is reduced to inferior states, by the evil eye of ignorance she is spellbound to banality and ugliness.. but she is redeemed by the eyes of those with true understanding."

For Campbell, love and relationships are the penultimate purpose of humanity and part of the central role of human understanding and especially religiosity.

"The ultimate adventure, when all barriers and ogres have been overcome, is commonly represented as the mystical marriage of the triumphant hero-soul with the Queen Goddess of the World."

(ie, our own relationships are in fact our greatest test and subsequently greatest accomplishments towards zen)

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