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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

sexism

Gender equality shouldn’t mean gynocentrism. Gender equality is for men, too. Ignoring injustices against men is sexist.

blasme des femmes: misogyny in the myth of patriarchy

Le blasme des femmes and other literature of men’s sexed protest must replace myths of patriarchy and misogyny to promote true democratic equality … Read the post blasme des femmes: misogyny in the myth of patriarchy

Marbod of Rennes in history of gender-equality double-talk

Marbod of Rennes was an 11th-century forerunner of “ennobling love” and gender-equality double-talk that implicitly devalues men. … Read the post Marbod of Rennes in history of gender-equality double-talk

women and men on medieval women writers

Medieval Women Writers’ Loving Concern for Men is now freely available worldwide. It supplements Peter Dronke’s Women Writers of the Middle Ages. … Read the post women and men on medieval women writers

gender, egalitarian relationships, and institutional constraints

In a survey of unmarried, childless persons ages 18-32 years old, about a third of women and men didn’t prefer an egalitarian long-term relationship. Why? … Read the post gender, egalitarian relationships, and institutional constraints

primatology, vegetarianism & criminalization of male animals

In Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans, primatology helps to explain highly disproportionate criminalization of men through sex-biased social concern. … Read the post primatology, vegetarianism & criminalization of male animals

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