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Semonides

According to Semonides of Amorgos, a male poet working in Greece in the 7th Century BC, there are 10 kinds of women.

There are women who are like pigs, because they prefer eating to cleaning; women who resemble foxes, as they are peculiarly observant; donkey-women, who are sexually promiscuous; dog-women, marked for their disobedience.

There are also stormy sea-women, greedy Earth-women, thieving weasel-women, lazy horse-women, unattractive ape-women, and – the one good kind – hard-working bee-women.

I don’t think Semonides got out much. But then again, he was a poet.  They usually aren’t the best and brightest. 

This is less anthropology than grievances arranged in verse. These days we’d call him a Rhyming Incel.

If you’re female and curious, take the test here, and get classified by a 2700 year old mysognistic scheme:

https://maxi8765.github.io/Semonides-/