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Hoover theory has to do with orgasm and the vagina acting as a sort of reservoir. The shape of the vaginal canal, it is said, is conductive to collecting and pooling semen. The contractions of the canal and the movement of the cervix during orgasm dip the cervix into this pool and act like a sort of siphon aiding in the uptake into the uterus. I think I came across it in Meridith Small's *What's Love Got To Do With It*. Going back and pulling it up, it seems only cursorily related. I was remembering mostly the pooling aspect. On a side note, there are some tribes in the pacific rim that have a somewhat similar practice. I'll have to check on the specific name of the tribe, but they have gender divided housing and when a boy turns 13 he begins living with the men. During this time they practice homosexual intercourse out of the belief that the men are giving the boy all the semen he will need during his life. I have to agree with Harry though. The issue in question here definitely smacks of extreme feminism. On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Harry Roth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Caroline Tully wrote: > > > > I haven't heard of that... but I have been told by Goddess Worshippers > > (who don't incorporate male deities at all) that - and I'm paraphrasing > > - soon there will be some sort of apocalyptic "revolution" which will > > result in women being put back "on top" (where they once were before > > they were forced down by patriarchy, is implied). I was told this at a > > Goddess festival in about 2004. > > I heard this same thing back in 1978, > and it had nothing to do with Paganism. > It was lesbian separatist politics > making use of folklore and literary > theory for inspiration. When I very > occasionally run across similar > assertions now coming from Dianic > groups, it seems clear that the politics > found/created a spiritual expression > that made sense to it. > > Harry Roth > -- Ty Falk ~~~~~~~ Erisian Anthropologist Grand Rapids, MI, USA