I wrote abt Aemila Lanyer who refuted it in 1611. “This have I done to make knowne to the World that all Women Deserve not to be Blamed”
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She was one of the first women to receive a humanist education including literature, philosophy, logic & rhetoric & she used it.
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But she still had to pretend she wasn't actually doing that & fall back on claims of feminine 'natural wisdom' which was allowed.pic.twitter.com/5SU346hU9f
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But nevertheless, she then dismantles the 'women are sinful coz Eve ate an apple' narrative & points out that men killed the son of God
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She was responding to theology like this from Calvin.pic.twitter.com/zH6fXztuby
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And she countered the accusations of weakness to temptation aimed at women with the 1 of intellectual pride re men. 'Jane Anger' did it 1stpic.twitter.com/0UKUhiuHpg
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Its not flipped the other way. Every woman is to be believed when they report something.
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I meant to say "it's now". Fail
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