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      797 days ago

      The comic highlights the differences in the portrayal of women and men in media, often oversexualizing women in any number of contexts.

      A medieval maid milking the cows would probably not have looked (or smelled) like a supermodel.

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        497 days ago

        my peasant wife may not have regular access to soap but shes still the most beautiful piece of property i own

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        37 days ago

        tbf humans are the most intensively bred species on earth

        i mean, humans have selected favorable animals in their livestock since the beginning of domestication, but the same applies to humans as well. it’s very probable that humans have selected for hot-looking women since the very beginning of humanity. it’s only logical to assume that we’re seeing the results today, i.e. hot-looking women in general

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          77 days ago

          Unless you’re claiming ugly people don’t get laid, that makes zero sense. And at average historical childbearing ages, in the late teens - early twenties, youth is a great beauty potion.

    • Bobby Turkalino
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      437 days ago

      Female character during a time where only royals could afford cleanliness and health: is fit, healthy, and conventionally attractive

      Male character during the same time: fuckin filthy, feeble, and gross

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        717 days ago

        Afaik that’s a myth. People of all classes, always washed themselves and tried their best not to smell. Especially in the middle ages where it was widely believed that bad smells transmit disease.

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          It may vary from region to region, I once visited the Museum of Soap and History of Dirt in Bydgoszcz, Poland (wonderful experience!) and it was all au contraire to what you just said

          And everytime I heard historians scratching that topic, they would always confirm this information. So historically not much hygiene in Eastern Europe, I suppose.

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            177 days ago

            “The past” ^TM is a big place and a lot of very different things happend in a lot of different places at different times.

            The same way it is true that “In the past people believed that fat was super unhealthy and suger was super healthy” and at the same time “in the past people believed that fat was super healthy and suger was super unhealthy”.

            Both statements are correct for different times and regions.

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          197 days ago

          But trying your best as a medieval peasant versus as a medieval noble would have significantly differing results