In the medieval Latin comedy Babio, the learned rustic Babio is cuckolded and castrated after aping a courtly lover to his step-daughter and straying wife. … Read the post Babio, courtly lover to his step-daughter, cuckolded & castrated
Castration culture has long supported men being sexually abused and raped. Unlike men today, medieval men could at least curse vigorously in response. … Read the post medieval men cursed in response to being sexually abused & raped
Nux {Walnut Tree}, attributed to Ovid, represents a man’s despair with harm from his seminal fruitfulness. Castration culture builds on such despair. … Read the post Ovid as walnut tree: men’s despair supports castration culture
Centuries ago, when a devil threatened to castrate her husband, a wife cross-dressed & rode to save him. Women of the world, resist castration culture! … Read the post wife cross-dressed to save husband from devil’s castration
Men’s sexual windsurfing in Lucian’s True Story has been falsely translated. Philological correctness in classics fights modern gender myths & oppression. … Read the post Lucian’s True Story: a seminal work of meninist literature