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Misogyny

Images

  • Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.
  • A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.
  • The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.
  • The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A woman with a sword and a balance; representing justice. Etching, 16--.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

    | Date: [1663] | Reference: 18171i
    • Books

    The female pest : an exposé of misogynist mythology / by Anthony Wilson.

    Wilson, Anthony, 1939 March 13- | Date: [1985], ©1985
    • Books

    Women & men midwives : medicine, morality, and misogyny in early America / Jane B. Donegan.

    Donegan, Jane B. (Jane Bauer), 1933- | Date: 1978
    • Pictures

    A physician telling a nurse that a patient must be delirious because he wants to return to his wife. Pen and ink drawing by Michaelson, 1936.

    Michaelson, active 1936. | Date: 1936 | Reference: 26451i
    • Books

    Misogyny : the male malady / David D. Gilmore.

    Gilmore, David D., 1943- | Date: [2001], ©2001
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