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 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:34 pm
It really bugs me how some people seem to think that only women are witches, and that men are...warlocks. NOT TRUE! But, yeah. I know male witches. Wicca is equally a male and female religion. Just because there are so few males doesn't mean that just females have to be Wiccan.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:04 am
I think that guys and girls can make great friends. Men are welcome, my best friend is a guy. I think guys can make great wiccans. I think guys feel a little out of place because they are used to being in I suppose its something to get used to.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:28 am
straight male wiccan. And theres a bit of history here i find very intresting, as the first pointed out, wicce use to mean female whilst wicca was a male term. Not sure why wicca was chosen as the main title, maybe it just flows better, but i think the reason guys arent into Wicca as such is because traditionally it is sold with a very feminine and goddess focus, there is covens that worship only the goddess's and dont let men in, its this sort of thing that gives wicca a female representation in society. not to mention, we are all witches, men and women have both been considered a witch since the 1400's but thanks to pop culture references the term witch is seen as female again. This means when we say wiccans are witches people assume guys arent involved and thus thats the image that is sold. As a male wiccan ive never really had a problem with feeling left out, theres plenty of room for both genders in wicca and i dont really have any problem getting in touch with my femine side. I do get on very well with girls, but im about 50/50 on the friends front. After reading through this thread though ive found it intresting, people talking about their guys getting in touch with their femine sides, but when girls cast or pray and the such do you get in touch with your male side, truly? or do you tend to focus more on the goddess?
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:06 pm
I'm a male Wiccan-in-training, and I'd definately have to say a large part of it has to be the focus on The Goddess, up until I really started research, despite several Wiccan friends I had never heard mention of The God. Personally, I think sex is an issue, because I think part of the importance of The God and The Goddess is to appreciate your own sex, and the part of you that is another.
To be honest though the existance of The God helped me to accept Wicca, becuase before I saw The Goddess as just a female Jehova, and I had little interest in a monotheistic religion where I just switched the gender (an exaggeration of course, there are many differences between Christianity and Wicca). But I was still more attracted to a goddess because I had always grown up around women who composed all my positive role models, as opposed to men who composed all my negative role models.
Its difficult to really say why theres a lack of men in the Wiccan faith without making a biased statement or refering to a stereotype, but unfortunately stereotypes of 'male' behavior exist in the real world, just as they do for female, and that can get in the way. I think most Wiccan's identify themselves as unique and don't follow regular social conventions, which is why its more likely for bi-sexual and homosexual men to be attracted to Wicca. Because they aren't as concerned about social conventions.
I think its also interesting to not the presence of bisexual or homosexual females in Wicca too.
Hopefully I've made some kind of sense. Its two hours past my bedtime and I'm about to pass out XD
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