Reduced to Bad Sex: Narratives of Violent Women from the Bible to the War on Terror
In almost every culture and everyperiod of history, a she-devil emerges asan example of all that is rotten in thefemale sex. This Medusa draws togetherthe many forms of female perversion:a woman whose sexuality is debauchedand foul, pornographic and bisexual;a woman who knows none of the fineand nob...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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The Royal Danish Library
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Kvinder, Køn & Forskning |
| Online Access: | https://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/28175 |
| Summary: | In almost every culture and everyperiod of history, a she-devil emerges asan example of all that is rotten in thefemale sex. This Medusa draws togetherthe many forms of female perversion:a woman whose sexuality is debauchedand foul, pornographic and bisexual;a woman who knows none of the fineand noble instincts when it comes tomen and children; a woman who liesand deceives, manipulates andcorrupts. A woman who is clever andpowerful. This is a woman who is fardeadlier than the male, in fact not awoman at all. |
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| ISSN: | 2245-6937 |