TERMINOLOGY

Amazons

Boy : A juvenile human male.

Female : A member of the reproductive class female; that is, an organism which possesses only X chromosomes and/or produces female gametes (ova). This includes female outliers (females with atypical sex characteristics) and females who choose not to call themselves "woman."

Girl : A juvenile human female.

Goddess

Invocation

Lesbian

Lesbian feminism

Male : A member of the reproductive class male; that is, an organism which possesses at least one Y chromosome and/or produces male gametes (sperm). This includes male outliers (males with atypical sex characteristics) and males who choose not to call themselves "men."

Man : An adult human male.

Menarche

Menopause

Neopagan

Pagan

Patriarchy

Radical feminism

Spiritual sister : A fellow practitioner of goddess worship.

Triple goddess : A neopagan concept, invented by Robert Graves, which purports to honor and revere female people as made in the image of a goddess with three aspects (maiden/mother/crone). In reality, this concept defines women solely by our reproductive use (pre-fertile/fertile/post-fertile) and makes no place for never-fertile women or for women who choose not to reproduce.

Woman : An adult human female.

Last updated 01 December 2016 by Theta Centauri