Abelard’s Planctus Dine filie Iacob bravely challenges gender injustice. It movingly portrays Dinah’s loving lament for Shechem and the massacre of men. … Read the post Abelard rejected gender injustice in planctus on Dinah and Shechem
After Peter Abelard was hatefully castrated for consensual sex, he was unjusly disparaged for being castrated. Women must abolish castration culture. … Read the post hateful castration culture: castrated Abelard disparaged & demeaned
Guibert of Nogent tells of a sinful pilgrim to St. James of Compostela. The devil, disguised as St. James, instructs the man to castrate and kill himself. … Read the post the devil’s misandry: “cut off your penis and kill yourself”
Ausonius’ Cento nuptialis & Proba’s Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi, 4th-century Virgilian centos, challenge brutalizing men’s sexuality. Love isn’t war. … Read the post Ausonius and Proba on “love is war” and brutalizing men’s sexuality
In ancient Greek and Latin literature, penises figured much worse than vaginas as sword compared to rose. The penis has a comparative gender image problem. … Read the post the penis’s image problem in comparative gender perspective