How Frightened Patriarchal Men Have Tried to Repress Women's Sexuality via history

[Hexen]

http://www.alternet.org/sex/155645/how_frightened_patriarchal_men_have_tried_to_repre ss_women%27s_sexuality_through_history/

Any thoughts on this article and is it accurate?

[Valdyr]

It's a good survey in terms of facts, but I don't find his explanatory framework very strong. He doesn't appear to be a historical materialist, so he seems to just stop at the "fear" of women. He's got good facts but his explanations don't go deep.

By the way, on this topic I seriously recommend Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture by Chris Knight, a monumental work in (relatively) recent anthropology. You can download it for free on the author's website.

http://www.chrisknight.co.uk/publications/