You probably understand that construction workers are hard workers. But do you realize that many men are continually engaged in erection labor? Women have no idea how draining men’s natural reproductive functioning can be. Men’s reproductive labor is less visible and less appreciated than women’s reproductive labor. The raucous medieval French text Les Quinze joyes …
In the past men were warned and taught about the possibility of being cuckolded. In the highly developed societies of today, men are disparaged for showing any concern over the possibility.
Douglas Galbi takes on feminism’s sexist definition of honor killings.
Just as it is today, men criticizing women in the ancient world was dangerous. Whether it was the foolish lad Ascalabus criticizing the goddess Demeter for boozing, or the high official Telesphorus criticizing King Lysimachus’s wife Arsinoe for vomiting, the results were the same: disaster for the man. The goddess Demeter threw her drink onto …
Telesphorus tortured & killed for witty criticism of Arsinoe Read More »
Just because something seems innate doesn’t mean that it is
Good lady, you may burn or hang him or do anything you happen to desire, for there’s nothing that he can refuse you, as such you have him without any limits. { Bona domna, ardre.l podetz o pendre, o far tot so que.us vengua a talen, que res non es qu’el vos puesca defendre, aysi …
Lady Castelloza Speaks Out Against Sexual Feudalism & Gender Inequality Read More »
Men historically have carried a highly disparate gender burden of working to provide money for women. Women seeking from men expensive goods (dinners at fine restaurants, diamond rings, fancy dresses, etc.) contributes to this structural gender oppression of men. One distraught man recently described gender-typical difficulties in his relationship with his wife: She came from a family …
Limit to gender justice: lessons of ancient & medieval sumptuary laws Read More »
Men tend to be competitive and often fight with other men in various ways for coveted statuses and positions. Clubs, spears, guns, and missiles are associated with war and death. But a penis isn’t like those weapons. Masculinity doesn’t fundamentally signify fighting, war, and death. A functioning penis should be appreciated as a blessed peacemaker …
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