DNA proves fearsome Viking warrior was a woman:
A 10th century Viking unearthed in the 1880s was like a figure from Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries: an elite warrior buried with a sword, an ax, a spear, arrows, a knife, two shields, and a pair of warhorses. [...] a new study published today in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology finds that the warrior was a woman—the first high-status female Viking warrior to be identified. Excavators first uncovered the battle-ready body among several thousand Viking graves near the Swedish town of Birka, but for 130 years, most assumed it was a man—known only by the grave identifier, Bj 581. [...] Now, the warrior's DNA proves her sex, suggesting a surprising degree of gender balance in the Vikings' violent social order.
Her name was Lagertha.
Reference: Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, et. al., A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23308
(Score: 2) by http on Tuesday September 12 2017, @02:44PM (5 children)
I love you too!
That was an excellent dodge of the question. I still don't know what you think.
I browse at -1 when I have mod points. It's unsettling.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday September 12 2017, @03:49PM
(between us: he doesn't actually. He's only capable of reflex-arcing on the topic)
(grin)
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 12 2017, @04:14PM (3 children)
I think a feminist should be an egalitarian. What they are is nothing of the kind anymore though. For the most part, they're either bitter little hate-filled bitches in dire need of a good dicking or beta pussies who think going along with the bitter bitches will get them laid (It won't. They're lucky to get grudge-fucked with a strap-on.).
If you fit the egalitarian model, you, like myself, are a couple decades out of date and need to stop calling yourself a feminist. That's not what it means anymore.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Troll) by HiThere on Tuesday September 12 2017, @05:05PM (2 children)
No. A feminist is in favor of female dominance. And egalitarian (or, possibly, an equalitarian) is what you call someone in favor of equal treatment. They've always been thin on the ground. Most people believe in better treatment for "people like me".
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday September 12 2017, @06:12PM
No, only a small group of nutters, separatists, and loons are in favor of female dominance. That would be nearly as much of a disaster as the current male-dominated paradigm if you ask me.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Touché) by aristarchus on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:44PM
Hi, there! Please leave your personal fanasyies out of the rational discussion everyone his having here, please!