Aren t Druids All Men?
No. Despite the stereotypes of the ancient Druids as having been long-bearded patriarchs, and the misogynist ravings of Monroe s 21 Lessons of Hogwash, you didn t have to be a man to be a Paleopagan Druid. After all, it would have been hard to pass on membership in a social class without babies, huh? Certainly, you don t need to be male to be a Neopagan Druid (though the emphatically fraternal branches of Mesopagan Druids still segregate their members by gender). Half of the membership of A.D.F., Keltria, and O.B.O.D. are female and women hold half of the positions of power in all three organizations. Neopagan Druids have deliberately chosen to make gender and affectional preferences irrelevant to participation in their activities. As worshippers of the Earth Mother, we can do no less.
