I’m thinking today about Helen, that “face that launched a thousand ships,” and wondering about women in history who get blamed for the eager bloodshed of nations.
It’s only recently that the Odyssey has even been translated by a woman, and, surprise surprise, only recently that Helen hasn’t been actively called a whore in the translation. As if by having a face, she’s already betrayed every man involved.
Men want to fight anyway. Why not blame Helen? Then if they fail, they can blame her too.
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It’s strange that instead of answering the question in a straight forward manner you chose to take the example of Helen/Odyssey. Though your post title mentions Spring. The season which has a two names: fall and spring back. Resilience.
My insight into nature of reality is: the patriarchy as a world view paints feminine or divine as negative because it’s afraid of it. It looks like death. There are yin and yang of surrender and aggression like darkness and light: in my personal life: they created a trophy woman myth first and then wanted me to fight for it. I grasped more intricacies but no thanks to an institution i had already graduated from.
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