The legends of Lilith go back to Babylonian times. She is one of the spirits that first interacted with humankind. Described as wild, willful and mischievous by the males who chronicled her stories, she has always been the archetypal rebellious woman. She stands equal to any man, and demands that be acknowledged–and if he fails to give her her due, there will be consequences. She also protects women, blessing those who stand up for themselves and their children–especially against male abuse and tyranny.
Needless to say, male religious authorities were very quick to demonize her. Patriarchy had no place for a woman who would not do what she was told. She became the runaway wife, the barren one, the murderer of children, because to men like that, an equal woman was a frightening figure. A demon…a witch. A threat. She scared them, because she would not be dominated by them. And the women who turned to her often found the strength to stand up for themselves in ways that terrified these primitive men.
You know from history what men do to women who scare them.
So she was demonized, and her spiritual children were slaughtered. And ever since then, women who feel called by her have been struggling to develop a relationship with Lilith using the scraps of understanding left to us in the wake of this destructive campaign.
Who are her people today? Where are her children? Her children are the women who will not bend. Who demand their equality, and will fight and die for the respect they deserve.
She calls her own every woman who has suffered because of her sex, and who fight on behalf of everyone in her position.
Her children are not cruel, but they do not compromise on what is essential. They do not seek conflict, but they will stand up for themselves and for all. They do not hate, but they do not love their enemies either. And make no mistake: those who would dominate or harm women, or take what they have, are the enemies of women, and the enemies of Lilith.
Lilith’s children are all women who have suffered under patriarchy due to their biological sex.
Sexism
From the moment that a girl is born, her treatment by others differs from how male babies are treated. This difference in treatment only increases as she ages toward sexual maturity. Once her breasts grow, and often even before, she will suffer at the hands of lustful, possessive, sexist males and the society they have built. She will bear that burden her whole life.
Even if a biologically female person identifies as male and transitions, that person will not be treated as an equal by men, or by trans women. Look up the term “uterus duty” and consider how often trans men are shouted down, crowded out and given zero loyalty by trans women. And consider Brandon Teena and what men do when they find out that trans men weren’t born biologically male.
This is sexism. This is what women face every day. This is what trans men face even though they identify as male: sexism is based on other people’s reaction to recognizing your biological sex.
What about male-born people?
Men do not experience sexism. They created the structure by which sexism against women is perpetuated, and they have benefited from it for millennia. If a woman loathes all men, not all may deserve it, but she still doesn’t have the weight of history and society behind her hatred, and he usually doesn’t have to worry about her trying to fucking murder him.
Trans women can only experience sexism if they pass so completely and perfectly that sexists mistake them for women. The new crop of bearded, male-named, male-pronouned, oddly-obsessed-with-their-penises “trans women” have never experienced sexism in their lives. They have experienced male privilege. And like most males, they are SO privileged that they don’t even realize it’s privilege. They think it’s what they deserve–and that everyone else naturally deserves less. They are wrong.
Male-born people are not the children of Lilith.
They can still develop a relationship with her, but that relationship will have a foundation that is only as strong as their solidarity with those who have experienced sexism their whole lives. The “priest of Lilith” who fucks around or hits his girlfriend is in for a bad time. The “priestess of Lilith” who advocates brutality and murder toward women who won’t suck her “lady-dick” is in for a VERY bad time.
Biologically male people can serve Lilith in a community of Lilin women if voted in by those women. But if they disrupt the circle, demand leadership or special recognition, bring sexism and entitlement into the circle, or otherwise behave like the men who have tormented women for the entirety of history, they are not to be tolerated. And they will not be tolerated–by Lilith.
She’s not a passive spirit who guilt-trips you with finger-wagging and tears. Both men I know who crossed her ended up headed for the hospital: one to ICU and years of physical therapy, the other to the basement from a massive coronary. She doesn’t mess around. Or in short:
You don’t like her rules? I dare you to take it up with her.
You cannot claim a place in the circle. You must be invited. Your pride and sense of entitlement do not matter to Lilith. In fact, she despises male pride and entitlement, no matter how you identify. Leave it behind if you wish to work with her. Leave your violence, threats, thirst for the spotlight and sense of superiority behind when you enter the presence of Lilith. If you can do that, you will be welcome pretty much anywhere.
Angry that she focuses on those born with a female body?
She doesn’t care. I can’t make her care, and I’m not gonna try.
Almost all the rest of society throughout history has focused on the male-bodied. Almost all religions that exist are ridiculously patriarchal. If men and trans women can’t handle that something in the world isn’t focused on them, that is their narcissism, which is a serious personality flaw that they need to fix. It does not mean they are facing an injustice.
Lilith isn’t going to coddle men in any capacity, and she is dubious of those who claim womanhood without real solidarity with women.
If your heart and intentions are good, yeah…she adopts. A lot of Mothers do. But if you think that Lilith owes anything to anyone but those who know her suffering as the First Woman, you’re in for a nasty surprise when you try to tell her that.
She’s really not interested in whether men or trans women, who have never in all of history been enslaved for their reproductive capacity, who can literally avoid any chance of sexism by changing their clothes, and who are spoiled rotten by this society by being viewed as male, thinks of who she embraces as her own.
What about trans men?
Trans men may be men in their hearts, but they were persecuted and often continue to be persecuted because of their bodies. Sexism against them takes many forms: men treating them with disrespect, disgust or violence, trans women shoving them aside time and again in trans culture and activism. That’s real. It’s not okay. Lilith gets that.
Does she accept trans men as her sons? If they want to be. If they identify so strongly with men that they loathe women, she doesn’t want them. But if she accepts a trans man, and he is abused and othered by women in the circle, they are going to get the back of her hand, because family isn’t supposed to do that shit to each other no matter how they got in.
In the end, Lilith cares about two things: whether you have been harmed by sexism, and whether you respect her and support all her children. She would take a kind, loyal, Feminist adoptee over a daughter who abuses other women. But like many deities, she has her native people.
Me, gritting my teeth: You garbage website. You garbage, garbage website-
What really ticks me off about this is that they’re not even giving us the choice to see it anymore. they’re taking the choice away from us adults. They’re treating us like we’re kids that need our parents hand.
Us: Let us see the adult content, I”m an adult
Tumblr: Not now dear, why don’t you go look at pictures of cats instead of that nasty adult content.
This attitude is condescending and tells us they don’t think very highly of their users. Plus their defination of adult content is so vague.
Except it’s really more like this:
Us: Let us see this picture
Tumblr: Not now dear, why don’t you go look at pictures of cats instead.
polyamorus couples: i think it’s totally radical when my partner meets a squishy new human… if you don’t like seeing your special friend get dicked down then maybe you need to be a little less possessive and a little more critical about the fact that you *illogically* feel jealousy… love isn’t finite 🤗 anyway yeah i use manic panic vampire red
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