Men’s lack of paternity certainty is a fundamental sex inequality. Modern DNA testing, if applied systematically, could provide gender equality in knowledge of biological offspring. The social construction of legal paternity has defied reason, common sense, and justice. That indicates men’s subordinate social and political position with respect to vital aspects of ordinary life.
In Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale, Alisoun cuckolded John, who later suffered a concussion and broken arm. Absolon rammed a hot plow blade into Nicholas’s ass. … Read the post Chaucer, Miller’s Tale: ass-reaming theme of man’s inhumanity to man
Cuckolding under the fundamental gender inequality devalues fatherhood relative to motherhood. Medieval poetry of Walahfrid and Alcuin upheld fatherhood. … Read the post motherhood, fatherhood, and fundamental gender inequality
Men today are encouraged to accept being cuckolded by their wives. Medieval Latin literature, in contrast, ridiculed cuckolds as pathetic, stupid men. … Read the post pathetic stupidity of cuckolds described in medieval Latin literature
Samuel Johnson, a distinguished English literary intellectual, and James Boswell, Johnson’s popular & acclaimed biographer, discussed sexual behavior. … Read the post Johnson and Boswell on sexual behavior in the Age of Enlightenment
Studies of cuckolding (“extra-pair paternity”) must be appraised with appreciation for Brezhnev-era Soviet intellectual life. … Read the post studies of cuckolding in beyond Brezhnev-era Soviet intellectual life