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- 2018
Mythical Origin of the Sex PerceptionKeywords: Mitoloji,Erdi?i,Cinsiyet?ilik,?lk Ceza,?lk Günah Abstract: Greek mythology tells us that the golden age of mankind ends with the stolen fire. The main punishment of man whose friendship with the Gods was over and he was expelled is woman. That woman is beautiful, delicate and also fatal. Nature and existence of each of its elements depend on contrast relation. Human as one of these is the only one that can create a culture. Nevertheless, (s)he built that story with the existing mind structure because forgot true history. To define the parties as superior–inferior by assign a meaning on the basis of value of the contrast which provides continuity of the equilibrium has legitimized the domination of one sex to another in the historical process. The original punishment in myth and the original sin in religion was occured with the creation of woman. Or all these narratives are the story of man whose golden age ended in the social transformation. The perception of sex is essentially a teller of social downfall. At this point, the transformation of the woman from the creator of everything into the cursed goddess Medusa tells a lot of things about sexism issues. However, Greek mythology is the last chain of this transformation. Therefore, in order to understand and solve the issue, it is necessary to go back and look at Sumerian and Indian mythologies that depict Gods and human in different ways
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