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Imagine erasing such murderous despots as Kathrine the Great and Elizabeth Tudor because of their genitalia.
by thrown_22 4y ago
Imagine erasing such murderous despots as Kathrine the Great and Elizabeth Tudor because of their genitalia.
- InTheArena 4y agoNeither of whom were outside of a single standard deviation from the norm in Europe at this time. I find the GP argument less the convincing, but I believe that women haven’t been the face of genocide and war because of lack of opportunity - But all such are historical outliers - regardless of sex.
- thrown_22 4y agoQueen Victoria killed more people with famine than Stalin did. The only way people can lie to themselves that women rulers have less blood on their hands is by not studying history.
- sealeck 4y agoQueen Victoria had a _lot_ less power than Stalin did (Stalin had virtually complete control of the entirety of the state machinery, whereas Victoria was much more of a figurehead, although certainly less so than the British monarchy has thankfully become)
- usrusr 4y agoThose stand-ins for men that didn't have a trace of parallels anywhere lower in the hierarchy.