While Ishtar was the goddess of love, allurement and sexuality, she also embodied ferocity, aggressiveness, war and destruction. Other traditionally feminine qualities were missing, particularly those linked to nurturing - gentleness, compassion and empathy. Her sorcery specialized in blurring distinctions and transgressing boundaries. It was her nature to make others into her image - to turn a woman into a man. So, we should expect that the entrance of Ishtar into American culture would manifest with the de-feminization of women. And that is exactly what we are witnessing. 

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