Upholding the equal human dignity of every person shouldn’t compromise truth. In truth, men suffer more serious violence than women do. The idealistic medieval knight Geoffrey de la Tour Landry taught his daughters concern for violence against men. In truth, men tend to be less skilled in guile
than women are. Geoffrey de la Tour Landry, in contrast, taught his
daughters mythic gender equality in guile. Parents throughout the ages
have largely failed to raise daughters who recognize their own strengths
and acknowledge men’s weaknesses.
Geoffrey taught his daughters the story of a ropemaker, his wife, a
prior, and a bawd. The ropemaker’s wife paid the bawd to set up a love
affair for her with the prior. One night, the ropemaker in his home
caught a glimpse of another man leaving. That was the prior after having
sex with the ropemaker’s wife. The ropemaker fearfully told his wife
that he had seen another man in their room. The wife pretended to afraid
and declared “it must have been a devil or else a goblin or a spirit.”
Geoffrey taught his daughters the story of a ropemaker, his wife, a
prior, and a bawd. The ropemaker’s wife paid the bawd to set up a love
affair for her with the prior. One night, the ropemaker in his home
caught a glimpse of another man leaving. That was the prior after having
sex with the ropemaker’s wife. The ropemaker fearfully told his wife
that he had seen another man in their room. The wife pretended to afraid
and declared “it must have been a devil or else a goblin or a spirit.”



