Language was a defining characteristic of humanity and,

more specifically, of adult masculinity.

语言是人类的一个决定性特征，更具体地说，是成年男性的特征。

 

 

The rite of passage for girls was not marked by the taking of an oath，

only for men.

女孩的成年仪式并不是以宣誓为标志的，只有男人是。

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The female is associated with the material and the physical,

the male with the agency and the action. 

女性与物质和身体相关，男性与起作用和行动相关。

 

 

Female sacrifice replaced animal sacrifice,

as the reproductive function of the female body

helped to link her to the animal. 

献祭女性代替了动物献祭，

因为女性身体的生殖功能有助于将她与动物联系起来。

 

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The blood of the adolescent female flows

"like the blood of a freshly stabbed animal".

青春期女性的血液流动“就像刚被刺伤的动物的血液一样”。

 

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Women's oath and sacrifices had the revolutionary power to

erase the boundaries between virginity and prostitution.

女性的誓言和献祭具有革命性的力量，

使她们抹去了处女和妓女之间的界限。

 

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The oath of women make them virgins again.

女性的誓言使她们重新成为处女。 

 

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The oath of women is like writing in water.

女性的誓言就像是在水里写下字。

 

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Women only take oath to their shadows.

女性只对着她们的影子发誓。

 

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Women cannot have words.

女性无法使用语言。