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Quote from Chinweizu - Anatomy of Female Power book

p 98-99 (p52 in the pdf)
Quote:
Circe was.the sorceress who turned men into swine. When Odysseus
came to her Island, he sent his men out to explore it. They found the
home of Circe, She welcomed them, fed them pottage, and then, with
a wave of her magic wand, turned them into pigs, and ordered them off
to her pigsty for later slaughter. Only Eurylochus escaped to tell
Odysseus what. had happened. After consulting his gods, who told him
how to resist Circe's charms, Odysseus set out to meet Circe and rescue
his men.

Let us consider Circe's tricks and how Odysseus countered them.
Her first trick was to serve him drugged pottage, which would weaken
his resistance to her magic, and then to wave her wand and order him
off to the pigsty. When her pottage and wand technique failed, she
didn t give up, but tried another trick. She shrieked, fell on her knees
burst into tears, and invited him to her bed, where s'he planned to rob
him of his courage, and so render him susceptible to her magic wand.
To counter her tears and sex appeal, Odysseus drew his resolute sword.
When. capitulating, Circe praised Odysseus, saying: "you must have a
heart in your breast that is proof against all enchantment." That was
high praise indeed! She added: "I beg you now to put up your sword
and come With me to my bed, so that in love and sleep we may learn to
trust one another".

The encounter between Circe and Odysseus illustrates that when
tangling with a woman's desire, a man is embattled with a predatory
goddess whose appetite is implacable. Any man who would thwart her
needs all the guile and discipline of an Odysseus, plus the good counsel
of his gods. Any man who would keep his freedom must also be
prepared to use violence if need be. Woman, like the slave hunter, wants
to live. If you don't want to be captured, you must make it clear that an
attempt on your liberty will cost the attempter's life. Nothing less will
make her back away and leave you alone.

Note also that it is only in defeat that Circe finally accepts a relation-
ship based on love and trust. Only when a man-hunting woman is
persuaded that she cannot enslave you is she prepared to settle for a
friendship which, to her nature, is only second best. Alas, a beast of
prey does not take easily to fair exchange; a parasite does not take easily
to symbiosis. Men who insist on fairness in relationships with women
must have a resolute heart proof against all enchantment, as well as a
sharp and ready sword, and the will to use it on any would-be enslaver.
Quote:
The most important lesson from Odysseus's encounters with these
women is that the lot of a man in the hands of a woman hungry for a
consort depends on him. If he allows himself to be trapped and tamed,
his lot will be enslavement; if he stands his ground, he could escape, or
at least exact an equitable and symbiotic relationship.
A poetic way of saying :
Be yourself / a man.
Finish how you start.
Treat people accordingly.

Sorry for the punctuation on the book ...

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