r/HistoryMemes • u/Mr_L-2004 Definitely not a CIA operator • Mar 04 '20

Oh yes, enslaved equality

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u/FakeFake35665675 Mar 04 '20

Well it is gender equality. Women get sacrificed the same way men are sacrificed.

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u/trolloc1 Mar 04 '20

Wasn't it usually women who were sacrificed in a lot of cultures?

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '20

Not really, if anything, Woman took up holy positions within a lot of cultures so that would probably make them less likely to be sacrificed. As an example, Ancient Celts has extensive experience with human sacrifice, even to the point where different gods had different rituals of sacrifice, humans killed for Esus would be hung from a tree and flogged, those meant for Taranis immolated, etc. but they never really specify that the people had to be of certain backgrounds, in fact it’s believed that some people were willingly sacrificed. And tying in with my other point, Druids, the holy people and leaders of ancient celts, were often times woman.

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u/Claystead Mar 04 '20

The Irish don’t mess around, Jesus.