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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

castration culture

ostentatio genitalium saves world from pathological gynocentrism

Leo Steinberg’s Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and Modern Oblivion describes ostentatio genitalium, now vital for overcoming gender oppression. … Read the post ostentatio genitalium saves world from pathological gynocentrism

repugnant puer senex results from child without father’s seed

Pietro Eboli’s 13th-century Liber ad Honorem Augusti described King Tancred as a repugnant puer senex, born without a father’s seminal gift. … Read the post repugnant puer senex results from child without father’s seed

Alliterative Morte Arthure: sexual violence against men & cuckolding

In the Alliterative Morte Arthure, the Genoan giant, King Arthur, and Mordred suffer wounds to their genitals within continuing gynocentric oppression. … Read the post Alliterative Morte Arthure: sexual violence against men & cuckolding

it’s always men’s fault: Jacques de Vitry blamed men for castration culture

Early in the 13th century, Jacques de Vitry drew upon castration culture to describe great harm in the relation of bishop / church and husband / wife. … Read the post it’s always men’s fault: Jacques de Vitry blamed men for castration culture

immiseration of erection labor only intensified in late capitalism

Through more discipline & punishment, men’s erection labor was immiserated with the rise of factories. The immiseration has intensified in late capitalism. … Read the post immiseration of erection labor only intensified in late capitalism

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