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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

Regensburg Love-Verses

women competing with men prompts men’s self-abasement & weakness

Women’s competition with men impedes love. Heloise engaged Abelard in competition in writing. Willing to compete in loving, Abelard preferred just to love. … Read the post women competing with men prompts men’s self-abasement & weakness

gendered misunderstandings of love possession & sexual entitlement

All adults by their human dignity have sexual entitlement. Many women wrongly believe that they’re entitled to love possession. That’s gender injustice. … Read the post gendered misunderstandings of love possession & sexual entitlement

men’s sense of women’s disloyalty spurs men’s sexed protests

Men suffering under gender oppression desperately need loyal women. In these circumstances, women’s betrayal and disloyalty to men prompts bitter protest. … Read the post men’s sense of women’s disloyalty spurs men’s sexed protests

medieval women’s love poetry for men’s learning

Understanding medieval women’s love poetry teaches men how to secure enduring pleasure in a woman’s love. … Read the post medieval women’s love poetry for men’s learning