Can't think of what to write to "initiate" my Blog. Maybe this...

"The Grail is literally the ancient symbol for womanhood, and the Holy Grail represents the sacred feminine and the goddess, which of course has now been lost, virtually eliminated by the Church. The power of the female and her ability to produce life was once very sacred, but it posed a threat to the rise of the predominantly male Church, and so the sacred feminine was demonized and called unclean. It was man, not God, who created the concept of 'original sin', whereby Eve tasted of the apple and caused the downfall of the human race. Woman, once the sacred giver of life, was now the enemy... This concept of woman as life-bringer was the foundation of ancient religion. Childbirth was mystical and powerful. Sadly, Christian philosophy decided to embezzle the female's creative power by ignoring biological truth and making man the Creator. Genesis tells us that Eve was created from Adam's rib. Woman became an off-shoot of man. And a sinful one at that. Genesis was the beginning of the end for the goddess." (The Da Vinci Code)

易传在文字中以男女对应天地。在生生万物的过程中，天地具有同等的功劳；在繁衍子孙的过程中，男女具有同等的作用。所以，易传以同等的口气对天地、男女的贡献作出了同等的评价：“大哉乾元，万物资始。”“至哉坤元，万物资生。”“天地氤氲，万物化醇。男女构精，万物化生。”

鄙视妇女的“男尊女卑”，首见之于《列子。天瑞篇》。长期以来，把“男尊女卑”强加在孔子所创立的儒家头上是没有根据的。孔子主张，从结婚第一天起，夫妻之间的关系是“男女同尊卑”（《礼记。昏义》）。
（以上摘自《寻找元文化》，刘明武著）