Feminine Power Talking Points

This section was not what I thought it was going to be.  Hearing the title, I assumed a section centered on female empower, something more like ecofeminisim.  While there was some talk about female gods, female relationships, and the 'othering' of women and nature, the section didn't really focus on these.  It was one of the weaker sections for me, without the central theme I saw in some of the others.  The first story was about the power of a female god, one where you don't save the world to save the world and preserve yourself, you do it because She told you to.  The second story is about the empowerment of Ethiopian women against female genital excision.  the women are working to get rid of this cultural practice, for the betterment of all involved.  The final story talked about a Mohawk reservation in the Great Lakes Region, where toxic waste had been built up on a riverbank and was polluting water sources.  This pollution got into the food supply, and in turn found its way into women's breast milk.  It discusses the fight to remediate this biohazard for the health of the women there.  Maybe I just didn't "get" it.