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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4524192" data-attributes="member: 19675">Its two different forms of taboo, and the female version is almost invariably more severe.The difference (usually) is that the men gain power the longer they remain celibate.  Should they break that vow, they lose power, but only temporarily- IOW, until they are ritually cleansed and renew their celibate lifestyle.  I've yet to encounter a single example of someone losing all of their power due to becoming sexually active.  Even Samson, whose preternatural strength was robbed when he allowed Delilah to cut his hair (sometimes assumed to be a euphemism for sexuality) regained his strength afterwards (his hair was allowed to regrow) to fell a building with his bare hands.In contrast, the female virgin mystic (typically) loses all of her power when she loses her virginity, and cannot regain it in any way.  She is permanently divested of mystical power by opting to become sexually active- she has moved from the state of virgin mystic to potential mother- a mystical state with its own rules.  In rare cases, a former virgin mystic may regain some power, but never the same power she had beforehand- it is either lesser in potency or of a completely different nature.  A classic example is the kumari- a young Nepalese girl who is considered to be a living goddess...until she reaches puberty.  Then all of her privileges are revoked, the reverence ceases, and a new kumari is appointed.  ( <a href="http://www.babbaal.com/freak.php?id=1006" target="_blank">http://www.babbaal.com/freak.php?id=1006</a> )</blockquote>

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