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I heard there was a time in British/American history when women were considered the horny ones incapable of sexual control and men were the chaste moral gatekeepers, ie the reverse of current gender beliefs. Did this flip happen, when, why, and did it happen multiple times?

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In Christianity, where did the concept of "selling your soul to the devil" come from/how did it develop?

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If you lived in a city pre-industrial age in Europe or the USA, how did you support yourself? Was "unemployment" a thing?

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Why are there so many nude women in classical art? Where are all the nude men?

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In Christianity, where did the concept of "selling your soul to the devil" come from/how did it develop?

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How do historians two the difference between shitpost and real beliefs, facts, etc?

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[meta] couldn't find "peanut gallery" repost sub answer?

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How did the idea that pre-(and post-)USSR states should provide cradle to grave total welfare for their citizens develop?

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Did the phrase "I brought you into this world, and I'll take you out" said by parents to children as a threat, exist before the Cosby show, or did those writers invent it?

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I heard there was a time in British/American history when women were considered the horny ones incapable of sexual control and men were the chaste moral gatekeepers, ie the reverse of current gender beliefs. Did this flip happen, when, why, and did it happen multiple times?	625
In Christianity, where did the concept of "selling your soul to the devil" come from/how did it develop?	16
If you lived in a city pre-industrial age in Europe or the USA, how did you support yourself? Was "unemployment" a thing?	7
Why are there so many nude women in classical art? Where are all the nude men?	5
In Christianity, where did the concept of "selling your soul to the devil" come from/how did it develop?	4
How do historians two the difference between shitpost and real beliefs, facts, etc?	3
[meta] couldn't find "peanut gallery" repost sub answer?	1
How did the idea that pre-(and post-)USSR states should provide cradle to grave total welfare for their citizens develop?	1
Did the phrase "I brought you into this world, and I'll take you out" said by parents to children as a threat, exist before the Cosby show, or did those writers invent it?	0