“Penis envy? I think they got that backwards. The men were jealous of women. They couldn’t make blood come out of themselves, or make babies, and that’s where the whole problem began.

They started stabbing each other … and making blood.

Of course, a pile of steaming viscera upon the floor is not exactly life. So when the whole stabbing thing didn’t actually result in mysterious life-giving powers, they ‘ascended’ to a new order of aggressive ignorance and instituted ‘the sacrifice’.

Here was the underlying idea:

‘We will make more and more powerful blood than you which will please the gods and give life to all beings.’

Didn’t work out. The gods weren’t pleased, and then the men got even more angry and blamed women menstruating for the problems their own mayhem and stupidity gave rise to. “It is your dirty blood that is ruining everything.”

They had the whole thing backwards, actually. Our blood gives life. Their way takes it. Well, at least until it evolves into surgeons. But it’s still somewhat sketchy even in that guise.

Frankly, they should have just stuck with the penis. It started out pretty good with the whole ‘milk of stars that gives life’ bit. When it morphed into swords and sacrifice and explosives the whole thing went haywire.”

— anonymous informant