asymmetra:incognitoprompts:midnightlighthowlite:oursexyking:whatwouldjessicajonesdo:hiccstridforever

asymmetra:incognitoprompts:midnightlighthowlite:oursexyking:whatwouldjessicajonesdo:hiccstridforever:durinswrath:kurtsaunt:justin-john:wtfhistory:jesuisuneetoile:THIS IS MARRIAGE!!Thats right!Permission to be a bad ass. Nod.He looks back at the guy like, “SEE THAT? SHE SAID YES. YOU’RE SO FUCKED.”Like, guys. Sparta was so kick ASS sometimes when it came to women. Spartan women were given these small knives so that if their husbands came home and tried to hit them or assault them, they had a weapon within reach. That weapon was for CUTTING THEIR HUSBANDS’ FUCKING FACES so that when he went out in public everyone would know he was an asshole, abusing jerkface and they would publicly shame him.LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT SPARTAN WOMEN FOR A SECOND.In Sparta, women could own land and were considered citizens. THAT IS A HUGE BIG FUCKING DEAL. Why? Because that was RARE AS FUCK and there are lots of places TODAY where women don’t even get that much.Divorce was totally fine, and a woman could expect to keep her own wealth and get custody of the kids because paternal lineage wasn’t very important. And it didn’t make her a pariah! She could totally remarry, no big deal at all.Spartan women participated in some fuckin’ badass sporting events, too. And because they were expected to be as physically fit as the Spartan menfolk (who all had to serve compulsory military duties, btw, and couldn’t marry until they finished them at thirty) they didn’t have time for lots of swishy dresses. So they wore notoriously short skirts. According to some accounts, their thighs were visible at all times. HOLY SHIT. Also, In Sparta men only got their names on their graves if they died in battle. And women? Women only got their names on their graves if they died in childbirth. THE SPARTANS COMPARED CHILDBIRTH TO FUCKING BATTLE AND IT WAS VIEWED AS A GODDAMN BADASS AND HONORABLE WAY TO GO OUT.FUCKING SPARTAN WOMEN. THIS DUDE HAD FUCKIN’ BETTER MAKE SURE SHE’S COOL WITH WHATEVER HE’S DOING, IF HE KNOWS WHAT’S FUCKIN’ GOOD FOR HIM.^^ I throughly enjoyed the history lesson dashed with the colorful adjectives.I mean, he knew she was Cersei… lolAnd the women were trained the exact same way as men were. As children they were equals ; they were not allowed to wear clothing until a certain age and at that point they were sent away to a training camp until they were 18. It was only the men who were sent into the wilderness for an extra two years to ensure their strength for battle. Plus the women could marry whomever they pleased and the men weren’t allowed to live with the women in their house until she said so. And they were tough in Sparta but also all about family. To have male offspring was good luck, to have female offspring was an honour. This part of the movie was true; King Leonidas really did kill a man because he insulted his wife and he always ensured that he had his wife’s approval. And while Leonidas was away in battle she did rule Sparta on her own. Sparta knew what was up. #HiccstridAs a historian I can confirm all of this is totally true and amazingly badass.It’s also worthy of note that people like to romanticize Athens because of its democracy whereas Sparta was a hardened monarchy. But Athens was nowhere near as open for women as Sparta was.I’m sharing this here for those writers who need a touch of history or inspiration This post still goes around and people still take it seriously huhWhy am I looking at this post in this year of in 2018?HEY GUYS CAN I TALK ABOUT THIS POST FOR LIKE ONE SEC?!Not only It’s suuuuper obnoxious. Cringe? A post indicative of a time long ago, way before my time on Tumblr actually and I’m glad of it. The history is super dodgy and romanticizes Spartan society, like alot. I was reading through the comments and I have seen plenty of people point out some of the issues with Spartan society (albeist, hypermilitaristic, slave economy and such) grossly exaggerating women’s influence and power (plus these are wealthy women, we arent even talking about the regular folk). Can she bring me a strong son? Short aside, that made me happy to see people saying “wait a minute, this is wrong”.I promise you just because women have slightly more rights in one place compared to another place doesn’t mean women had rights. Yea? The same goes for literally any minority or disenfranchised group. This is right up there with the posts thay say Greeks were suuuuper liberal and loved the gays because they had thigh sex with their bros and not because they lived in a misogynistic society. And so forth…Why am I bothering to rant about this (honestly I could rant more and be less vague, but I’m lazy and on mobile) because I’m sick of people sending this to me or talking about it. Perhaps not THIS specific post, but similar ones…you know the type. And also, I’ve been there, took something like this for face value. And I am a historian. Ok? It happens, don’t be duped. -- source link

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