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Bring em back (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago by andrewrgross@slrpnk.net to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Back when only men were allowed to hold jobs…

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

In Shakespearean times all cigarette girls were men.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Priestesses too.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Men with big boobs

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.