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While modern culture often portrays men as obsessed with sex and women less so, I had a professor who said that it used to be widely believed that women were ravenously sexual beings and men were often taught to behave as the gatekeepers of sexuality. Is this true and if so, when/why did it change?

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Whenever I hear Pol Pot’s name, it’s almost always in the context of the worst villains of the 20th century. Yet after the Khmer Rouge took power, the US, UK, and others supported them even while Pot was still in charge. Why was this support acceptable and when did the narrative shift?

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While modern culture often portrays men as obsessed with sex and women less so, I had a professor who said that it used to be widely believed that women were ravenously sexual beings and men were often taught to behave as the gatekeepers of sexuality. Is this true and if so, when/why did it change?	5335	AskHistorians
Whenever I hear Pol Pot’s name, it’s almost always in the context of the worst villains of the 20th century. Yet after the Khmer Rouge took power, the US, UK, and others supported them even while Pot was still in charge. Why was this support acceptable and when did the narrative shift?	129	AskHistorians