this idea that mediterranean polytheistic societies, because they were more openly libidinal in their social norms, were necessarily less misogynistic, just. doesnt hold water. like at all. i dont know how anyone could have seriously thought it.

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theravada buddhism, jainism, hinduism, hellenic polytheism, infamously cool about women

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it is very funny to me that we libs have become the pocket constitution party now

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i guess the biggest improvement today is that consent is a big part of it as opposed to zeus knocking up random women in the guise of weird animals

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people are overrating the novelty of this stuff as fantasy and wish fulfillment, every culture on earth, no matter how obscure, has folk tales and myths about “damn, once you go ___ you never go back” going way back to antiquity

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