Pagan Prompt: Paganism and Fertility

[eelsalad]

pagan_prompt asks:

What do you think about (most forms of) Paganism including celebrations of fertility into it's scared year? Do you think that the Pagan celebration of fertility offers something positive to the culture? If so, what, and if not, why not?
I'm not a fan of the fertility aspect of most pagan paths because it's 1, heteronormative and 2, rather

Comments

[zoethe]

I led a ritual tonight that was dedicated to Freya, particularly to her warrior aspect. Even though we don't wield swords and shields in our daily lives, we do have our personal battles.

I regard fertility in the same way: focus on creativity. I am not child-free, but am past childbearing, and I am comfortable with the refocusing of ritual and belief to suit the lives we live now.

[ewigweibliche]

I love being a mother, but it is a choice - not an inevitability. I dislike most of Wicca because its emphasis on fertility and "femininity" and complementarian crap. i don't want that shit in my religion either!