There is a legend in Italy where young girls were forbidden to walk through tuberose fields at night as its scent was believed to cause erotic thoughts.
Aurélien Guichard created this fragrance to capture the scent of tuberose at night
Medical misogyny is real. If men lost 20% of their skeleton by 50, there'd be billion-dollar task forces overnight. But when women's bones crumble after menopause? It's just called "aging." No scans. No BHRT. No urgency. Just Mickey Mouse bloodwork & "take your calcium, honey" & pray you don't snap a hip. This is medical neglect. Heart attack symptoms in women? Labeled "atypical" for years, because research was based on men, leading to higher death rates for women. Studies show women's pain is more likely to be dismissed or labeled “emotional" compared to men's
things that scare me:
employment
unemployment
getting married
never getting married
having kids
never having kids
falling in love
never falling in love again
After the Second World War, collaborationist women who had informed on members of the resistance and acted as interpreters during interrogations were paraded through the streets of Paris with their heads shaved and swastikas drawn on their faces.
People whose relatives had been killed by the nazis threw excrement at them.