“The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.”
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Mary Daly
Mary Daly (October 16, 1928 - January 3, 2010) was an American philosopher renowned for her contributions to feminist philosophy. A key figure in the second wave of the feminist movement, she is most famous for her book 'Gyn/ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism'. Daly's philosophy focused on the significance of gender as a fundamental category of analysis, and her work has had a substantial impact on feminist theory. more
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