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What would have been the ancient equivalent of a modern guy modifying his car to purposely make it loud? How did men express compensatory masculinity in ancient times?

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If the USSR and its satellite states were more gender egalitarian than the West, why are post-Soviet Eastern European women stereotypically more focused on traditional femininity and attracted to traditional masculinity than Western European women are? Is it due to scarcity / competitive pressure?

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Why do ancient Roman and Ancient Greek names sound so different than modern Italian and Greek names?

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Where did all the metal armor/weapons from ancient and medieval times go?

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It seems like many people are desensitized to reports of thousands of deaths a day from Covid-19, almost like it’s a weather report. Were other historical events with mass daily deaths also perceived so dispassionately during the time, with the full scale of the tragedy only grasped afterwards?

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What would have been the ancient equivalent of a modern guy modifying his car to purposely make it loud? How did men express compensatory masculinity in ancient times?	386
If the USSR and its satellite states were more gender egalitarian than the West, why are post-Soviet Eastern European women stereotypically more focused on traditional femininity and attracted to traditional masculinity than Western European women are? Is it due to scarcity / competitive pressure?	91
Why do ancient Roman and Ancient Greek names sound so different than modern Italian and Greek names?	8
Where did all the metal armor/weapons from ancient and medieval times go?	6
It seems like many people are desensitized to reports of thousands of deaths a day from Covid-19, almost like it’s a weather report. Were other historical events with mass daily deaths also perceived so dispassionately during the time, with the full scale of the tragedy only grasped afterwards?	2