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Bmblbee76 t1_iuw9o3q wrote

Do you think this is the only thing men have historically been wrong about on women? Until very recently, especially in Western civilization, women have been treated as second class citizens, incapable of doing much of anything except be sexual temptresses. St Jerome was heavily influenced by St Augustine who believed that women were tools of the devil used to distract men with sex from their devotion to God ( I may be a little off on this, it’s been a minute since I read up on it).

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EchoesInTheAbyss t1_iuyw65d wrote

Oh yes, in some middle age societies of Europe, if a woman was raped she "dishonor the family", and often would be married off to her rapist. I can't remember the era, but in ancient Roman societies the Paterfamilia decided if a baby lived or died, and often if it was a girl she would be abandoned to the streets. Not too mention the women in these [wealthy] families had loads of restrictions even to leave the house.

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Bmblbee76 t1_iv3bcut wrote

Sadly, stories like this can be found in much more modern settings as well.

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