Eleanor Herman

Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

Off with Her Head

Daniel Lindquist

In the biblical Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve wandered around naked and innocent in the Garden of Eden until Eve, listening to a serpent, became ambitious. The serpent said that if she ate of the fruit of a particular tree-which God had forbidden them to eat- she would be like God. And, seriously, who wouldn't want to be like God instead of wandering around nude and aimless in a garden? So she ate some, and then she gave some to Adam, and he ate some.

There is, I discovered, a clear pattern of vilification across the millennia and throughout history to bring down powerful individuals suffering from chronic no-penis syndrome. 

Off with Her Head Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

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