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This week's topic: "Hi guys, I did post this on Cara's page first simply because I have heard her talk about her preference to being called actor instead of actress, but I thought I'd post it here as well. So, while some parts are "Cara specific", it would be interesting to hear anyone else's views as well. :)

This is more a series of questions with a theme, but I've been wanting to ask you because of how much thought you give to your answers. I have had trouble expressing my questions, so please forgive me if I am vague or cause offence. I am asking because it is something I am genuinely trying to understand, and would appreciate your insight. So here goes...

I've heard you say in previous videos that you prefer the term 'actor' because actress is simply a gender specific term for someone who does the same thing - acts. I was wondering why, you think, that in the Wiccan community we often refer to gods and goddesses? As is the case for actor/actress, 'god' seems to be the initial term, where goddess is the secondary, female equivalent, even though both are divine.

I understand when we are refer to THE God, and THE Goddess, as proper nouns, but the terms are not limited to this usage, and we often refer to "the goddess Athena", for example. Why is she not simply referred to as a god, as you prefer to be referred to as an actor? Why do we allow her gender define her?

I also understand that for most Wiccans (and perhaps this will feature in your answer), that the polarity of masculine and feminine is significant, but to me masculine and feminine are not always the same as male and female/god and goddess. Masculine and feminine, to me, are names of two lists of traits, whereas male and female refer to gender. Yes, they often match feminine/female and masculine/male, but I feel that this is not always the case, and also very much a human made concept.

I also struggle with this very prominent idea of polarity and binary in Wicca. I understand that many view the polarity as necessary, and then perhaps the in between on a spectrum, but I have found through experience and relationships that many things simply do not fit into this black/white and grey-in-the-middle spectrum. I'm oversimplifying here, but asexual, for example, cannot be part of a masculine-feminine/male-female spectrum.

I'd love to hear what you have to say. This is probably the biggest challenge I have in referring to myself as Wiccan, and as such I avoid doing so. The pervasive significance in Wicca of sex and gender seems more restrictive and almost archaic, to me, than anything else.

I love the fact that, unlike Abrahamic religions, we are not limited to one very masculine, male divine, but simply throwing a weight on the other side of the scale doesn't seem very progressive, and seems only to add a second archetype, rather than allowing for infinite."


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