Cult of fertility among the Bosnian People

towards the Roman empire, which
largely destroyed the Illyrian
people in its entirety, and left a
constant need for resistance in
the collective consciousness of
this people.
because they were "witches".
Besides, how else would one
interpret numerous folk statements
such as this one: "it's better to
give birth to a dead son, than a
live daughter?!"
The issue of traditional family
violence is also less connected to
polygamy, and it stems from the
patriarchal upbringing according
to which a man "can fit everything
under his hat" - adultery, abuse
of his wife and children, without
any public scrutiny; the cult of
man as a warrior, protector, head
of family was largely based on
this belief. On the other hand,
women were systematically raised
to be subservient to men, they had
a role of pleasing their husbands
sexual needs, taking care of the
house, feeding and giving birth to
children. Women had to accept this
forced role and over time they too
became convinced that this role
suits them. But, this doesn't mean
that they were pleased with this
degrading position which is
evident by numerous folk
statements such as "damned is the
one who is born as a woman!", "a
woman is even hated by god!", etc.
Patriarchy had, without a doubt
pronounced hatred towards women in
its principles and history has
proven this on numerous occasions.
Let's remember the medieval
inquisition which burned them
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In Cazin krajina (borderland) the
negative attitude towards women
was pronounced to the point that
even old women said "that even the
smallest male child was older than
an old lady" i.e. one must show
him greater respect then towards
an old lady. Another disastrous
mistake of patriarchy was
purposefully (constantly)
accentuated to the daughters from
early childhood that they are
"foreign", that they will find a
husband and leave the home.
Actually, the biggest concern of
the parents is for their daughter
to get married and leave the house,
i.e. to get rid of them. The fact
is that the highest percentage of
marital violence is caused by the
parents of the wife which
passively observe what is
happening, and they even force
their daughter to bear with the
violence, out of fear that she
will return to their home and
embarrass the family?! All of this
had a huge impact on the selfconsciousness
of Bosnian women
which has a great challenge in
front of her even today, a fight
to prove her equality to men.
Cult of fertility among the Bosnian People