Skip to content

purple motes

Artifacts to help you imagine more.

  • subscribe by email
  • how to navigate
  • topic index
  • about Douglas Galbi
  • terms of use / disclaimer

Highlights

  • 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

paternity

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.

romance of rescuing damsel imprisoned in tower, transgressed

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

Chaucer, Miller’s Tale: ass-reaming theme of man’s inhumanity to man

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

motherhood, fatherhood, and fundamental gender inequality

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

Ecbasis captivi: no escape for man from gynocentric yearnings

In the medieval Latin beast epic Ecbasis captivi, a monk-calf’s gynocentric yearning for his mother’s breasts nearly gets him eaten by a wolf. … Read the post Ecbasis captivi: no escape for man from gynocentric yearnings

pathetic stupidity of cuckolds described in medieval Latin literature

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

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 6 Next page