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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

men’s sexed protest

Hippocleides doesn’t care: great moment of men’s sexed protest

Herodotus’s still-relevant story of Hippocleides among competing suitors of Agariste stunningly protests against tyrant-ruler Cleisthenes devaluing men. … Read the post Hippocleides doesn’t care: great moment of men’s sexed protest

Zerubbabel in Esdras hailed truth over king, wine, and women

The biblical apocrypha Esdras tells Zerubbabel’s riddle concerning the power of king, wine, women, and truth. Only truth is stronger than women. … Read the post Zerubbabel in Esdras hailed truth over king, wine, and women

medieval romance hero Guy of Warwick repented men-killing chivalry

After killing many men, the medieval knight Guy of Warwick repented his gyno-idolatry and directed his chivalry toward serving God rather than Felice. … Read the post medieval romance hero Guy of Warwick repented men-killing chivalry

Tristan’s dog Hudein more loyal than Iseut

In Folie Tristan d’Oxford, Tristan’s loyal dog Hudein recognized him & greeted him affectionately. Tristan’s beloved woman Iseut didn’t. … Read the post Tristan’s dog Hudein more loyal than Iseut

Psychomachia gender-transformed epic into fight for new life

The Psychomachia gender-transformed epic violence of men against men into women fighting women to show the way to birth new life in Christ. … Read the post Psychomachia gender-transformed epic into fight for new life

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