Even as an austere desert hermit, Saint Jerome imagined chorus girls. Men need God to save them from love for women becoming gyno-idolatry. … Read the post men will love: Jerome desired chorus girls in the desert
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
In ancient Roman religion, Attis & castrated men Galli served the Great Mother goddess Cybele. Jerome and Augustine condemned this ritual gender oppression. … Read the post Jerome & Augustine valued men’s sexuality against Galli servants
Cicero and Horace disparaged the faithful translator, a Jew. The eminent Christian Syriac / Arabic translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq faithfully translated Galen. … Read the post faithful translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq promoted Galenic understanding
Jerome’s Life of Paul the First Hermit is a sophisticated, highly literary work. Yet Jerome realistically depicted a woman raping a man. That’s real rape. … Read the post learned Jerome described rape in Life of Paul the First Hermit