class=p1When you look at who was taking the risks of going to jail and growing cannabis, it was probably the men because women were taking care of the children. Not to sound sexist, but that is really how things used to go. Now, we have seen that start to change. Women have gotten way more involved in drug selling, growing and manufacturing but back when cannabis (use) really started to proliferate in the fifties and sixties, it was the men that were growing it (and smuggling it). When you think about the imagery we complain about, I really feel that is an artifact of how the growing cannabis industry was male driven in the beginning. When we look at how a male-gendered industry has taken to advertising, has taken to magazines, you would expect the traditional sexism we see purveyed elsewhere in the country. That doesnamp;rsquo;t surprise me in that regard. What does surprise me is that cannabis is a female plant. I feel that we are missing a whole side to that around spirituality and feminism. Some magazines have started to get at that, but I think we have the opportunity to really elevate it above the nurses in booty shorts and to be seen more as a amp;ldquo;goddessamp;rdquo; plant. - Amanda Reiman, PhD amp;nbsp;
