Eleanor of Aquitaine and her ‘Courts of Love’
For the history-minded among us, this piece by professor Amy Kelly reveals the taproot of our gender malaise
Forgotten History
Macrobius’s Saturnalia reveals constraints on men’s behavior
Men’s historical social and political disadvantages
Castration culture revealed in Hesiod’s Theogony
Hesiod’s Theogony
Solon, wisdom, and men’s sexual welfare
Public provision of sex? In the best interest of men and equality of course
Men’s Rights Convention of 1851
In 1851 a women’s magazine published an article mocking a Men’s Rights Convention.
Collective amnesia regarding violence by women / call for reform
Trigger Warning: This article depicts stories and scenes of violence by women.
The Henpecked Club
The Henpecked Club existed from the year 1700 through to 1975, making it the longest running domestic violence support group in the world.
A man’s protest transformed into discourse about women
Society morphs discussion of men’s issues into one about women and their concerns. Read of an early example in the 13th century ‘complaint of Matheolus’
“Microaggressions”, “Trigger Warnings”, and the new meaning of “Trauma”
Trauma is a word that has real meaning. Chris Hernandez reminds special snowflakes to take a deep breath and get over themselves.
Acid-throwing: Almost exclusively a women’s crime?
Modern media presents acid-attack victims as almost exclusively women and perpetrators as almost exclusively men. History tells a different story.