Excerpt: Early Civilisations

The earliest full excavation of a civilisation’s site was that of Catal Hoyuk which was based in modern-day Turkey between 6500BC – 5650BC. It seems to have been a fairly peaceful society, as no evidence of weaponry was found. All indications point to the fact that it was the first gynocracy, or female-dominated civilisation. Thousands of figurines were unearthed. Not one male figurine could be found, they were all of them female – and were mostly representations of the Earth Mother, variously known as Kubala, Kybele, and later Cybele.

The deceased were buried in their houses. Women and children were buried with icons and amulets in the centre of the house, beneath the sleeping area, whilst men were buried in the corners of the building with only their hunting implements. Remains of some men were found buried in the midden, which was the rubbish dump. From this it would appear that women were buried with respect; men with disrespect, which showed that women were at the centre of the society while men were just a peripheral.

Although there did not appear to be many central places of worship, on the hills of Catal Hoyuk an altar and temple were found. In a grain container was found a 12cm statue of a large woman sitting on what appeared to be a throne flanked by two leopards – a representation of Cybele. A head is poking out from between her legs. It was originally thought that it depicted the woman giving birth to a child, but closer examination reveals that it actually portrays her urinating on a man beneath her. This gels with the contempt with which the women of the society treated their men-folk.

Although at first sight this appears somewhat bizarre, it perhaps underlines the peacefulness of the society. Treated in this way by their women, men were highly unlikely to retain any of their aggressive traits; instead, they were far more likely to go through life relating to their women in a very subdued manner. It is a society that seems to have worked, and worked well.

THE MINOAN CULTURE

dating between 3150BC – 1450BC, was certainly a female-dominated one. Based in Crete, its influence stretched to much of the Greek world. Men and women participated in the same sports and activities, but it was far from an equal society. The many depictions of Minoan art reveal that it was a matrilineal society, anchored in Goddess-worship. The main deity was apparently a snake goddess.

Minoan men wore loincloths and kilts, as a sign of their secondary place in society. Women wore robes open to the navel, leaving their breasts exposed, as a sign of their sexual freedom and superiority. Women enjoyed being prostitutes as a part of everyday life. It was actually expected of wives and daughters that they would have sex with at least one stranger. The eligibility of a wife was measured not by the wealth of her family, but by the number of men she had previously had sex with.

It was perhaps the first society in which cuckoldry was an accepted part of life, and was another example of female-dominated societies. Like the Catal Hoyuk civilisation, the Minoan gynocracy seemed to be one that worked. It was superseded in 1450BC by the Mycenaean culture, which came to espouse patriarchal religion.

THE LURISTAN CULTURE

in modern-day Iran was at its height between 1200BC and 800BC. Its people were called Lurs. Bronze artworks proliferated, and many examples of fine work have been found during excavations. The early Lurs worshipped the Capricornian Goddess, and it was to a certain extent a female dominated culture. One bronze pin was unearthed, shown overleaf, depicting a woman urinating in the mouth of a man lying between her legs.

This seems to give clear evidence that the practice of dominant women urinating on their men had carried on from the Catal Hoyuk days, some 4000 years previously. That the practice had endured over all that time, is an indication that it had been found by various cultures as an effective way of subjugating men to women’s will.................. continued

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