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Highlights

  • 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

Herodotus

Tzetzes mocked man oblivious to need for gender equality in sex & work

Drawing upon Homer, Hesiod, and Herodotus, Byzantine classicist John Tzetzes mocked a man for desiring Paionic daughters for their asses rather than their work. … Read the post Tzetzes mocked man oblivious to need for gender equality in sex & work

men’s concern for birth control from Peisistratus to the present

That men don’t caring about birth control is myth. From the ancient Greek Peisistratus to men today, birth control has been urgently important to men. … Read the post men’s concern for birth control from Peisistratus to the present

Gyges & Candaules: controlling men's sexuality and seduction

In his story of Gyges and Candaules, Herodotus included the Greek saying “When a woman takes off her clothes, she takes off her modesty.” It’s about men. … Read the post Gyges & Candaules: controlling men's sexuality and seduction

manboobs: dog-men with their heads in their breasts

Men with their heads in their breasts (man-boobs), historically called dog-headed men, apparently arose as men without fathers — sons of Amazons. … Read the post manboobs: dog-men with their heads in their breasts

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