Eleanor Herman

Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

Off with Her Head

Daniel Lindquist

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. 

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.

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