
149 Sex, Childbirth and Children
The History of England
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Is There a Difference Between Male and Female?
Aristotle, Hippocrates and Galen explained the male and female physiology. Aristotle's medical view tended to encourage the most misogynistic interpretations. The parts that were outside a male were inside a female. Female seed was potentially lethal if it built up in marriage. If there was no sex in marriage then action had to be taken.
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