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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8030719" data-attributes="member: 6694221">I am happy that people are taking an interest in this, academically.The post that reconstructs paleolithic humanity, including the role of the feminine figurines, synthesizes many different academic sources. Mostly they are papers from Classical Archeology, but also Stone Age archeology (paleolithic, neolithic, chalcolithic), some come from studies relating to the construction of gender, and some from animal behavioralists comparing humans to other animals. Even the philosopher Foucault is an influence, because he focuses on identifying what a culture censors in order to understand how those in power perpetuate their power.Unfortunately, most of the books and papers that are most influential to me, I have donated to libraries and individuals. It would take effort to remember which books to recommend.At the moment, three books that stick out on this topic, are probably dated now, but I remember them being eye-opening about sexuality in the ancient world.• The Reign of the Phallus : Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens (Eva C Keuls 1985). If I remember correctly, her book both focuses on the transition from matriarchy to patriarchy evident within Greek sacred memory, and focuses on the construct of the institution of prostitution − how it works. I remember the fascination of how women prostitutes were both among the most powerful people in Greek society because of being educated, independent, and allowed to own property, and at the same time, among the least powerful because they were a palpable threat to a Greek patriarchy that almost institutionally punished and humiliated these prostitutes to keep them out of power.• Womens Work : The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1996). I think this is the same book I have in mind, the title is something like this. The book I have in mind is ingenious how she traced the origins of the invention of the loom, and how this single invention spread across paleolithic humanity. When the mens group went off to hunt, the womens group did the weaving of cloth because they could easily put it down if they needed to attend to the children or the elderly. She notices the skirt that the paleolithic woman figurines are wearing, and tracks its evolution all the way into modern times among traditional womens clothing. Along the way, she is able to plausibly reconstruct a great deal of information, including the sacred ceremonial function of this skirt that the figurines are wearing.• Greek Homosexuality (J K Dover 1978). Probably worth mentioning is the pioneering work on the social construction of homosexuality. He was way before his time. Heh, apparently he was one of the few academics who could talk about homosexuality publically − because he himself was "notoriously" heterosexual. His work is solid and is still a reference.Anyway there are many sources. It is an endlessly fascinating topic.</blockquote>

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