learning & castration: crimes of the penis and the pen
Crimes of learning and the pen contribute more to castration than do crimes of the penis. … Read the post learning & castration: crimes of the penis and the pen
Crimes of learning and the pen contribute more to castration than do crimes of the penis. … Read the post learning & castration: crimes of the penis and the pen
The medieval poem about Sincopus, written in Latin about the year 1100, documents that men’s greed has contributed to their castration. … Read the post Sincopus described medieval reasons for castrating men
Ovid, the great teacher of love in medieval Europe, came to be castrated and called a misogynist because the great goddess Cybele got angry with him. … Read the post Ovid castrated & called misogynist for defying goddess Cybele
Hildegard’s Ordo Virtutum doesn’t merely caricature women as virtuous and men as demonic. It poignantly, poetically explores erotics of aridity. … Read the post erotics of aridity in Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum
Dafydd ap Gwilym’s penis poem from 14th-century Wales recognizes legal suppression and social disparagement. That contrasts with the vagina’s status. … Read the post Dafydd ap Gwilym's penis under law in medieval Welsh poetry