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ALL IN ONE PLACE: The Cult of Aphrodite, Mythology of Aphrodite, Transgender Aphrodite

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The One Thing That Can Kill Aphrodite's Unkillable Libido

The one thing that can kill aphrodite's unkillable libido is the marriage bed. As an unmarried woman, she retains her power and agency. She'll sleep with ephestus if it's her choice, but she will not be coerced into it. To me, this looks a lot like what we learned from our sex worker episodes. Women who were married were set up, in a lot of ways, to fear unmarried women. They're supposed to fear that ability to move and navigate the world with a freedom that they don't have. And aphrodite, as an unmarried woman with a lot of agency and a lot of power, is the most scary woman of all

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