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  • Abelard castrated
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  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
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men’s sexed protest

Juvenal’s Satire 6 is no longer laughing matter

In his Satire 6, the Roman poet Juvenal criticizes marriage and women. What Juvenal wrote is no longer laughing matter. Satire needs a rebirth. … Read the post Juvenal’s Satire 6 is no longer laughing matter

Bernard of Cluny’s De contemptu mundi trivializes men’s sexed protests

Bernard of Cluny’s De contemptu mundi doesn’t broach any real social issues of men’s sexed protests and implicitly reveals contempt for men. … Read the post Bernard of Cluny’s De contemptu mundi trivializes men’s sexed protests

Marcolf challenged Solomon on malice toward men

The popular medieval Solomon and Marcolf, like Pseudo-Sirach, insists on practical, sexual balance in Solomon’s wisdom and abhors malice toward men. … Read the post Marcolf challenged Solomon on malice toward men

Jaume Roig’s Espill: mirror of NAWALT against men’s sexed protest

With his book Espill, 15th-century Catalan physician Jaume Roig provided extraordinary treatment of the swelling literature of men’s sexed protests. … Read the post Jaume Roig’s Espill: mirror of NAWALT against men’s sexed protest

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