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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

social networks

analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology

medieval colophons, persons, and copying blessings

Colophons, which exist in about 15% of medieval manuscripts, might be written by the author to offer blessings to scribes for copying. … Read the post medieval colophons, persons, and copying blessings

Dhuoda for fathers deprived of custody of their children

Separated from her husband and without physical custody of her children, Dhuoda wrote a book of love for her son. Her book speaks to fathers today. … Read the post Dhuoda for fathers deprived of custody of their children

Perpetua resolutely rejected her father’s pleas & got killed

The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity describes the socially marginalized reality of a daughter’s relationship with her father. … Read the post Perpetua resolutely rejected her father’s pleas & got killed

conspecific killings in chimpanzees and humans

A simple, adaptive explanation for chimpanzees killings doesn’t explain the intracommunal-intercommunal killing distribution and the killing sex ratio. … Read the post conspecific killings in chimpanzees and humans

females key to peaceful, egalitarian bonobo society

Females determine the nature of primate society. If nothing more human can be done, woman can work to advance bonobo society for the sake of men. … Read the post females key to peaceful, egalitarian bonobo society

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