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  • 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

Selective Service

Lysistrata leads men’s strike: “Not while I’m bleeding!”

In Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, the most manly of all women Lysistrata proclaimed that war should be women’s work – a step toward gender equality not taken. … Read the post Lysistrata leads men’s strike: “Not while I’m bleeding!”

Marc Angelucci: modern martyr like ancient Saint Vincent

Marc Angelucci, angel of light and men’s human rights activist, was murdered. He’s a martyr like Prudentius’s Saint Vincent. Angelucci, still help guide us! … Read the post Marc Angelucci: modern martyr like ancient Saint Vincent

sexist Selective Service overturned; gender equality progress at last

In a historic victory for true gender equality, a court has ruled U.S. sexist Selective Service registration unconstitutional. Justice at last!
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sleep like infantry before deciding battle plan & walk a mile with men

A lesson from medieval Armenian infantrymen on appreciation for the life experience of ordinary men and violence against men. … Read the post sleep like infantry before deciding battle plan & walk a mile with men

Selective Service in ignored history of controlling men’s bodies

The US Military Selective Service Act requires men, only men, to register with the government as preparation for being used in a national emergency. … Read the post Selective Service in ignored history of controlling men’s bodies

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