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Naked Bible 75: Leviticus 12-15

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The Disparity Between Male and Female Birth

Aristotle held that the male was formed in 40 days and the female in three months, which is very close to the 80-day mark here in Leviticus. So there's a disparity of just, I'll just stop at those two examples. There's a disparity in other literature and the disparity is based upon the assumption, the belief. A female newborns may be under more threat or it was thought that they needed more attention, more care, more spells if you're a pagan because hostile forces by killing her off.

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