I recognise that gendered social pressures exist & have great influence. I worry that we complain abt them more than simply defying them.
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Shouldn't think that men as a whole wanted them to. Wonderful story of William de Swynderby who preached constantly abt wickedness of women
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Around 1380, the townswomen proposed a plan among themselves to stone him out of town & he hastily turned his attention to merchants.
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Where were the men whilst this plan was being hatched? They had the authority to stop it. Seems they largely thought it was fair enough.
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So Swynderby goes down in history from contemporary male chroniclers as someone who 'never knew when to stop.'
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If you want to know more abt this, good summary in G.R. Owst's Preaching in Medieval England.
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