A man rescuing an imprisoned damsel is a gendered romance convention. The 16th century author Straparola progressively transgressed gender and romance. … Read the post romance of rescuing damsel imprisoned in tower, transgressed
Straparola with Malgherita Spolatina & Teodoro in Le Piacevoli Notti gender-reversed the myth of Hero & Leander and provided a shining example. … Read the post true hero Malgherita Spolatina swam sea to Teodoro, her Leander
From a privileged position, medieval women inspired & judged epic violence against men. All women should love men and act to lessen violence against men. … Read the post epic violence against men involves women
The Roman de Thèbes ends more auspiciously for ending epic violence against men than does Statius’s Thebaid. Women’s laments for dead men aren’t sufficient. … Read the post Roman de Thèbes reoriented ending of Statius’s Thebaid
Amazon Queen Penthesilea bought 1000 women warriors to the Trojan War. Penthesilea and more than half the Amazon women died fighting in the war. … Read the post Penthesilea & her Amazon women warriors fought and died like men