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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance
Barbara Strozzi
What little is known about Barbara Strozzi (also known as Barbara Valle) suffices to make her an extremely intriguing figure. Perhaps the most outstanding female composer of the seventeenth century, Strozzi studied under respected musicians and published eight collections of her music. Music, however, was possibly not her only means of support as several sources indicate she may have been a courtesan as well.

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

"Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces. You must keep her on a tight rein . . . Women want total freedom or rather - to call things by their names - total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with? Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
Cato the Elder 234–149 B.C., quoted in Livy’s History of Rome. The best couturiers, hairdressers, home designers and cooks are men. I suspect that, were it biologically possible, men would make better mothers.
Ida Alexa Ross Wylie, The Little Woman 1945. If we had more feminine women there would be less unemployment, divorce, delinquency and other evils.
Isabelle Stayt (of the Campaign for the Feminine Woman) 1983. There are no woman composers, never have been, and possibly never will be.
Sir Thomas Beecham 1879-1961 Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men; but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.
Sir Compton Mackenzie 1883-1972, On Moral Courage. I love men, not because they are men but because they are not women.
Queen Christiana (of Sweden) 1626-89. "

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ORIGINAL: Saykiatric

"Woman is a violent and uncontrolled animal, and it is useless to let go the reins and then expect her not to kick over the traces. You must keep her on a tight rein . . . Women want total freedom or rather - to call things by their names - total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with? Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
Cato the Elder 234–149 B.C., quoted in Livy’s History of Rome. The best couturiers, hairdressers, home designers and cooks are men. I suspect that, were it biologically possible, men would make better mothers.
Ida Alexa Ross Wylie, The Little Woman 1945. If we had more feminine women there would be less unemployment, divorce, delinquency and other evils.
Isabelle Stayt (of the Campaign for the Feminine Woman) 1983. There are no woman composers, never have been, and possibly never will be.
Sir Thomas Beecham 1879-1961 Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men; but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.
Sir Compton Mackenzie 1883-1972, On Moral Courage. I love men, not because they are men but because they are not women.
Queen Christiana (of Sweden) 1626-89. "

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ORIGINAL: sexyred1

Interesting views OP, but not quite as annoying as the Monogamy Agonistes thread....he uses far more big words.

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

Wow!  A quote from 350 years ago to try to make a point.

Hold on.  Let Me go dig up a statement from a few centuries back about how the world is flat and the center of the universe.

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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus

I can kill somebody with a sword.

Just saying.

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ORIGINAL: stef

Perhaps they're just having fun playing Whack-A-Troll?  Surely you have better things to worry about?

~stef

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ORIGINAL: stef

Perhaps they're just having fun playing Whack-A-Troll?  Surely you have better things to worry about?

~stef

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

How exactly are you whacking someone who is getting his enjoyment from the responses?

The biggest whack to the troll would be not responding.

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ORIGINAL: sweetsub1957

~FR~
The OP is one big fat ass load of incredibly misogynistic crap.
~sweetsub~

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ORIGINAL: stef

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

How exactly are you whacking someone who is getting his enjoyment from the responses?

The biggest whack to the troll would be not responding.

Others clearly disagree.  Such is life.

~stef

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What your saying is that it's a symbiotic relationship. He gets his jollies from watching the responses and you get yours from pretending he is serious and whacking him. It makes both of you feel better and distracts from whatever personal problems you have going on.