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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

Sefer Hamusar teaches that you can't buy food with poetry

In Sefer Hamusar, a story of a boy trumping the eloquent rogue indicates the erosion of the privilege of cultural sophistication. … Read the post Sefer Hamusar teaches that you can't buy food with poetry

gladiators’ sexual allure in real understanding

Graffiti and the richly jeweled woman found in the Pompeii gladiators’ barracks underscore gladiators’ high sexual allure among Roman women. … Read the post gladiators’ sexual allure in real understanding

Christians in China between Tang and Yuan Dynasties

Christians in China survived between the Tang and Yuan Dynasties despite persecutions and little Christian institutional support. … Read the post Christians in China between Tang and Yuan Dynasties

al-Nadim's Fihrist addresses poetry and sects without book titles

The Fihrist’s coverage of poetry and sects concerns poets, pages of poetry written, and sociological characteristics of sects, not titles of books. … Read the post al-Nadim's Fihrist addresses poetry and sects without book titles

higher men's mortality relative to women's correlated with development

Men’s death probability across ages 15-59 is 50% or more that of women in 125 countries. Men’s relatively higher mortality is correlated with development. … Read the post higher men's mortality relative to women's correlated with development

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