unmanly men and manly women
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Unmanly Men and Manly Women
What happens when gender lines are crossed in Imperial Rome?
How do we define manly and unmanly?
Before we begin discussing the Romans, here are a few aspects of gender to consider from our own culture . . .
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Are the Wild Boyz Manly?
Is this a girly man?
Who defines what is the norm for a culture?
Do we make exceptions for certain subcultures within a culture?
Things the Romans found unmanly
Women the Romans found manly
Agrippina, the wife of Claudius
From this point, the empire was changed. All obeyed a woman. But this was a woman without feminine frivolity. She was openly severe and often arrogant. Agrippina's dominance was almost masculine.
Tacitus
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