Agnes McHugh’s crusade against chivalry – 1917
100 years ago, when women got away with murdering men, some insightful women called it chivalry. How much have times really changed?
Chivalry
Fingering the gynarchy
The world has long labored under political and social rule designed predominately for the benefit of women. Clearly this is no patriarchy, but what might we call it? The history books provide a useful term for us.
Men Going Their Own Way in 1919
Why should a man marry a woman who can kill him without consequence? Robert St. Estephe finds an extraordinary case that illuminates several MHR issues – and with Clarence Darrow defending the murderess.
The first gender warrior: Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan is often cited as the first feminist. But as Diana Davison reveals, not only did Pizan champion censorship, she set new standards for dishonesty, manipulation and elitism.
Divorce by murder: France 1930
During one 18-month period in France, at least 85 men were murdered by their wives – a cheap and easy way to avoid divorce court. Robert St. Estephe explores the fate of the husband-killing wives.
Chivalry Justice in 1921: Anti-misandry female judges
Robert St. Estephe brings us another installment of his ground breaking Unknown History of Misandry. This time he documents the phenomena of female judges who came out against the misandry in the court system–yep, misandry in family and criminal law has a long and sordid history–way back when. It seems somethings never change. [Illustration by Typhonblue]
“Woman and Her Right to Kill” – 1922
Gonzo Historian Robert St. Estephe, author of the indispensible “Unknown History of Misandry” weblog, returns with another entry on the history of violence committed by women, and society’s tendency to excuse it and even make allowances. This one will really make your head spin: a 1922 proposal to just make it legal for women to kill.
Hitting out
Karate is a sport which focuses not only on discipline of the body, but of the mind and the will. Sadly, even the implied wisdom in that type of pursuit does not overrule the violent impulses of men to protect women at all costs. Andy Man explains why, and how it stole a piece of his childhood.
Gender privilege in Titanic Era
It’s the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the passenger ship Titanic, and we are treated to a bit of historical perspective from Phil Leigh, which includes a dismissal of the modern feminist narrative.
(Don’t) Fuck the Police
When human beings are brutalized in a society which lacks a legal framework for redress, a population will develop alternative forms of redress. Retributive violence is, in my opinion, a very bad option – to be avoided – but it is a probable outcome of the dysfunction and abrogation of legal and political redress of grievance.
