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Seriously, though, I unfortunately grew up in a certain manner in the modern world, and the things I want to do are not entirely the same as those that our ancient counter-parts might be interested in.
Who knows where the future will take humanity, though!
acephalousuniverse posted:its way fucking differnt from being racist, get it through youre thick ass skull, maybe go to college for something other than gay art bullshit or something??" haha that bitch dint evern now what to say, god forbid i would have even brought up the word "racialist" she proban;y wouldve ahd a connption
this conflict people feel with interpersonal racism is something outside of the southern experience.
I don't care for the Athenian treatment of women, but at the same time I am not calling for the reinstatement of some Athenian constitution. At a time in China women literally didn't have formal names, but again I'm not calling for that, either.
Lykourgos posted:Roseweird, I champion Sparta, which held that ideal female citizens were a lot more than mere concubines, prostitutes, and slaves.
I don't care for the Athenian treatment of women, but at the same time I am not calling for the reinstatement of some Athenian constitution. At a time in China women literally didn't have formal names, but again I'm not calling for that, either.
yaarrrgh m8y
roseweird posted:Lykourgos posted:women and men are not the same
why do people respond to feminists by saying this condescending shit. i have never claimed that women and men are "the same" and neither have any feminist theorists i have ever read
How is any of that condescending? I don't even know what the feminist position is, let alone am I trying to respond to it. I am outlining my own position; easy does it lass
I think the graeae would be more suitable for you
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roseweird posted:Lykourgos posted:Roseweird, I champion Sparta, which held that ideal female citizens were a lot more than mere concubines, prostitutes, and slaves.
yes, it held that ideal female citizens would fight in defense of the patriarchal state and prepare their sons for battle, to go and brutalize the women of some other state. no state based on the practice of war is a friend of women. is this the best you can do? snarfing up kidneys while jailing upstarts and playing warrior of sparta in your head? you think any woman wants to live by your flabby ideals?
Lykourgos posted:I think the graeae would be more suitable for you
For I am the first and the last.
I am the honored one and the scorned one.
I am the whore and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin.
I am the mother and the daughter.
I am the members of my mother.
I am the barren one
and many are her sons.
acephalousuniverse posted:im drinking old granddad and getting frustrated with the SHIT ASS UNFUNNY POSTING in this thread.
get a hold of your weak drinking then.
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roseweird posted:Lykourgos posted:Roseweird, I champion Sparta, which held that ideal female citizens were a lot more than mere concubines, prostitutes, and slaves.
yes, it held that ideal female citizens would fight in defense of the patriarchal state and prepare their sons for battle, to go and brutalize the women of some other state. no state based on the practice of war is a friend of women. is this the best you can do? snarfing up kidneys while jailing upstarts and playing warrior of sparta in your head? you think any woman wants to live by your flabby ideals?
How in the world is that flabby? Sounds pretty energetic to me. How is it patriarchal? How is that a bad thing that cannot be redeemed, even if true? The Spartan state does not focus on patriarchy, it is focused on other ideals. That men serve a particular role is the result of a number of factors, and we can shift that if need be without betraying the sons of Herakles. Your quest to include women does not cheapen the ancients, or betray them in any fashion; the flip side to this is you cannot assume the ancients were hateful to women. Sparta is named after a woman who was said to be so fair that men would die for her.
The women of Sparta did brutalise, or help to brutalise, the women of other societies. That is the nature of the ancient world; conflict, immediate and real, between neighbouring city states and beyond. That is not an indictment of Sparta, but rather an indictment of the 8th-3rd century. And yet, did they not have great values and love for things that are precious? They were people and greatly educated, honour them and reinstate the Lykourgan Constitution.
For I am the first and the last.
I am the honored one and the scorned one.
I am the whore and the holy one.
I am the wife and the virgin.
I am the mother and the daughter.
I am the members of my mother.
I am the barren one
and many are her sons.
I don't know what this is about, but, it reminds me of that great quote from Herodotus about promises which I will share for no reason. Oath bears a nameless child, who has no hands or feet, but is quick to track down and kill those who betray its mother.
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