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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
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castration culture

Jerome to Eustochium on shameful and ashamed women

Jerome’s letter to Eustochium described shameful whoring, arrogant, vicious widows, & women, ashamed of their femininity, pretending to be eunuchs. … Read the post Jerome to Eustochium on shameful and ashamed women

protect men’s jewels: making capons no way for men to gain weight

Men’s genitals should be regarded as jewels, not junk. While making a rooster or man a capon helps him to gain weight, castration hurts them. … Read the post protect men’s jewels: making capons no way for men to gain weight

learn from Clinschor & Anfortas: ask the Holy Grail question

In the medieval romance Parzival, Clinschor and Anfortas suffered genital wounds. Questioning castration and men’s suffering is a Holy Grail. … Read the post learn from Clinschor & Anfortas: ask the Holy Grail question

work for social justice: castration no joking matter

Faking castration for social advantage is a risky undertaking. Despite the social construction of castration culture, castration is no joking matter. … Read the post work for social justice: castration no joking matter

wife’s wedding-night threat led to six years of sexless marriage

Pioneering, 12th-century proto-beguine Odilia of Liège on her wedding night threatened to castrate her husband. They then had 6 years of sexless marriage. … Read the post wife’s wedding-night threat led to six years of sexless marriage

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