KML said at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2012/kml529-2.htm that the phrase "desire of women" could refer to the Syrian god/goddess mentioned by Genesius because Ishtar is all over the place.  The problem I have with that logic is that Ishtar was a Babylonian goddess, not Syrian.  Ishtar could fit the context of Dan 11:37, but what about the goddesses mentioned by Genesius?

Genesius mentioned "Astarte" and "Anaitis", according to Kevin's quote.  Astarte is a Greek name of a goddess known in Greek circles and no one is Syria called a goddess "Astarte".  If we are talking about a SYRIAN goddess, we should use the name she was known by in Syria.  A lot of times when historians say Neptune (Roman god of the sea) was the same as Poseidon (Greek god of the sea), it is only because they were both "god of the sea" in their respected cultures, but Romans may have stories about their deity drastically different, or even contradictory to the Greeks, and they can't really be considered the same god by a different name.  Most ancient cultures had a god for just about everything.  Cross-culture equations based on one common feature may not always be valid, and I could use such to rule out the goddesses Genesius mentioned since Acts 19 lists Artemis as being worshipped by men (not just women), and this goddess is heavily tied to the Syrian Anaitis since Armenians worshipped a goddess called Artemis-Anaitis. 

I don't know of any god/goddess worshipped only by women.  If the anaitis of Syria was, that's news to me.  Never seen a historian claim that explicitely, but I am not saying it is wrong either.  I don't know.  But I can say that Ishtar was worshiped by both men and women.

I discussed at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2012/jovial524.htm how there are multiple ways to interpret the phrase "חֶמְדַּת נָשִׁים" found in Dan 11:37.  If we can't find record of a god or goddess worshipped only by women, then perhaps THAT interpretation should be thrown out.

So is there a god or goddess that history asserts was worshipped only by women?