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[–] Smoogs 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Back when only men were allowed to hold jobs…

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In Shakespearean times all cigarette girls were men.

[–] wildcardology 5 points 8 months ago

Priestesses too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Men with big boobs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah that was always one of the weirder sides of the Patriarchy, establishing naming conventions like the suffix -ess being female but still giving the title High Priestess of Athena Polias to a man.