In Hildebert of Lavardin’s Life of Saint Mary of Egypt, Mary advances gender equality by soliciting men for sex and giving them material gifts. … Read the post Hildebert of Lavardin described Mary of Egypt’s appreciation of men
In the lives of saints Ioustina (Justina) and Kyprianos (Cyprian), a forgotten man’s sexual deprivation and suffering offers lessons today for men in love. … Read the post life of saints chronicled man’s sexual deprivation and suffering
John Moschos in his Pratum Spirituale {Spiritual Meadow} described Christian women acting strongly and decisively to end their sexual harassment of men. … Read the post Moschos in Pratum Spirituale told of women sexually harassing men
Anger and anguish over infertility don’t belong in truly Christian marriage. Christian husbands and wives are always fruitful. … Read the post husband blaming wife for infertility wrong in Christian marriage
The sexless marriage of Andronikos & Athanasia moves from the privileged position of the maternal nourisher to a wife developing true love for her husband. … Read the post no ordinary sexless marriage: the life of Andronikos & Athanasia
Men being pressured to marry under law can look to early Christian Saint Barbara for an inspiring model of fearless resistance against pressure to marry. … Read the post Saint Barbara can help men resisting being pressured into marriage
Today the best hope for men falsely accused of rape is to pray for justice to the early saint and martyr Eugenia, who experienced false accusation of rape. … Read the post Saint Eugenia with female advantage refuted false accusation of rape
The Byzantine story of Euphemia and the Goth shows a Roman woman’s appreciation for a barbarian lover and social disparagement of highly masculine men. … Read the post barbarian lover: Goth as good husband to Euphemia
Expanding poetic understanding of Saint Marina, Luxorius figured Marina as the traditional Greco-Roman love goddess Aphrodite. … Read the post Marina, love goddess as well as saint, is true heroine to men
After praying to Saint Æthelthryth for relief, a devil-possessed monk had extreme, foul-smelling diarrhea that purged the devil from his body. … Read the post saint exorcised devil-possessed monk through diarrhea