Kali, in India, the goddess of death and rebirth, is given the power to kill but not to joyously become impregnated with new life. In Jewish, Christian and Islamic mythic systems, women's sexuality is suspect and in most modern religions women's powers of sexual attraction are demonized. Above all, women are not to celebrate their sexuality and their power to create new human life. The exclusive maleness of the Divine is so pervasive and ingrained, no one has explored the possibility that when men look in the mirror, they believe they are viewing an image of God. Women look into a mirror to find out if they will meet the ideal of the sexually needy male.
Most religions dictate that men view and while women are viewed.
The religious texts upon which most of the worlds religions are based, are addressed to men. There is no major text which speaks to women. Religious Leadership Training for priesthood, ordination and lifetime appointments disempower all who are not so sanctified, thereby hindering even their expectation of having a direct experience of the Divine. Most religious leadership uses psychological coercion to enrich and empower their institutions at the expense of followers. A set of rules of behavior, say ten of them, are promulgated which are beyond normal human capacity to obey.