12 Myths of the Dark Ages Believed by Conservatives

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Some of the same sexist beliefs about women have been around for thousands of years. Image courtesy of www.mummyspace.com.

 

The Dark Ages were dark partly because education was discouraged and science was suspected as subversive, leading to astoundingly silly things taken for fact.Such as the heart was the seat of intelligence. Or that frogs spontaneously generated from mud. As fun as those ideas are to explore, this article will be dealing with beliefs about that strange and inscrutable being: Woman.

Medical knowledge has become so easily obtained that it is hard to imagine not knowing things like what the kidneys do or that penicillin kills bacteria. Heck bacteria is a comparatively new factoid. Before the 19th century, it was believed that contagious diseases spread through bad air or “seeds.” What we know today was built upon the discoveries of cultures and scientists and the growth of human civilization.

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