Every now and again I take down this book and browse through it. I don’t know why I do that because it only makes me cross. As misery loves company I thought I’d share it with you ladies! Fellas are welcome to join in . . .

If widowed, woman was expected to accept at once a new master. In the “chansons de geste” we see Charlemagne marrying in a group, all the widows of his barons killed in Spain; and many epic poems tell of king or baron disposing tyrannically of girls and widows. Wives were beaten, chastised, dragged by the hair. The knight was not interested in women; his horse seemed much more valuable to him. In the “chansons de geste” young women always made the advances, but once they were married, a one-sided fidelity was demanded of them. Girls were brought up rudely, with rough physical exercises and without modesty or much education. When grown up, they hunted wild beasts, made difficult pilgrimages, defended the fief when the master was abroad. Some of these chatelaines were avaricious, perfidious, cruel, tyrannical , like the men; grim tales of their violence have come down to us. But all such were exceptions; ordinarily the chatelaine passed her days in spinning, saying her prayers, waiting on her husband, and dying of boredom.
This was written about the middle ages of course, and so much has changed for women. Recently I watched a thriller about a detective who happened to be a woman. She was taken captive by the villain and tied to a chair, and it occurred to me, as it had done many times before, women are powerless in the presence of aggressive men. They will always be stronger than us, and we will always get pregnant.
I don’t want to be giving out about men; I have lovely men in my life, but facts are facts. Anyone want to discuss this subject, or to disagree with me?

I think that’s why kick-a$$ female characters are so appealing. We all want that control that we sorely lack in real life. And to be able to give back as good as we can get. 😊
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Thank you.
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You are welcome, Elizabeth. Have a beautiful week! Michael xx
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This is an interesting topic, Elizabeth. I think that people become more gentle, empathetic and kind when they live easier lives. The tougher and more challenging the circumstances of your life, the more aggressive you will be and the more likely to push down the weaker members of society. Women are but one sector of society that have traditionally been abused and pushed down and this attitude still exists today in many places.
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Our biology does seem to put us at a disadvantage compared to men.
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Indeed, Liz. No getting around those two facts.
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