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by yarg 1126 days ago
Things like the virgin mother (bare in mind, much like Peterson, I'm pulling this out of my arse).

My take on that it is a perspective based subset of actuality; in the case of the mother (as opposed) to the wife, 'she' is measured from the perspective of the child, she has her nurturing capabilities but not those of reproduction.

Reproduction is outside of the child's need to understand, and is not a property of the mother as it is seen from the child's perspective.

Bare in mind that the archetype is always perceived by the child, the husband will see something else.

These restrictions are based on perspective and need, and are reflective only of a limited subset of reality.

Christianity has taken that childish abstraction, and declared it to be an actual thing, that actually existed.

It doesn't take much consideration to understand that virgins don't give birth to sons (and if they ever give birth to daughters, they'll be genetic clones of the mother).

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This is a tongue in cheek response to your interesting reply: it is certainly possible now scientifically for virgins to give birth to sons.