• Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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    12 hours ago

    Tom boy supremacy seems legit for Sparta. “strong men are not born from weak women”.

    The belief that strong mothers would produce strong children was a key reason behind Spartan women’s athletic training

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      14 hours ago

      It’s a genderswap of the male-dominated states; Athens was named for Athena, but was a male-dominated state, and thus would normally be portrayed in modern personifications as a man.

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      PugJesus… We are demanding answers from you!