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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
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

love

cultural construction of Reddy’s The Making of Romantic Love

William Reddy’s recent tome, The Making of Romantic Love, shows the cultural construction of the cultural construction of gender extended to sexual desire. … Read the post cultural construction of Reddy’s The Making of Romantic Love

Grazida Lizier & Reservoir Tip on mutually joyful love-making

A medieval scholar found in Grazida Lizier’s thought themes of eroticism, skepticism, and myth-making. Reservoir Tip’s text suggests more enlightenment. … Read the post Grazida Lizier & Reservoir Tip on mutually joyful love-making

medieval women’s love poetry for men’s learning

Understanding medieval women’s love poetry teaches men how to secure enduring pleasure in a woman’s love. … Read the post medieval women’s love poetry for men’s learning

sexual superheroes in the Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight

The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight’s story of three sexual heroes promotes info on enhancing performance. Sexual heroes are a hard act to follow. … Read the post sexual superheroes in the Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight

Chinese bridegroom's traditional wedding prayer

In a 7th-century Chinese wedding prayer, the bridegroom asks for the blessing of having slaves. Chinese Christian wedding prayers surely differed greatly. … Read the post Chinese bridegroom's traditional wedding prayer

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