Women’s equivalent of the Roman Empire

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about other women, but I think the equivalent for me would be “Little House on the Prarie.”

I think about how Ma and Pa Ingalls managed at least once a week. Maybe more often.

Oh, I do think about hits a lot, also related is thinking about outlander and how I would deal if I was suddenly thrust into the 18th century — what I should have in my pockets in case that should ever happen (lots of cipro?), etc.

I also think about Star Trek a surprising amount of time — thinking about how they did things on other planets (like that planet with no gender, or the one where every rule violation was punished by the death penalty) or in various alternate timelines (like all the alternate timelines where people were just desperate and crazy because something awful had happened).

I think this is related to the murder/rape thought — basically women spend a lot of time thinking about what could go wrong and how they would handle various bad situations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about other women, but I think the equivalent for me would be “Little House on the Prarie.”

I think about how Ma and Pa Ingalls managed at least once a week. Maybe more often.

They didn't. Charles Ingalls didn't have wanderlust when his children were small; he had crushing debt and barely stayed ahead of his creditors. Reading Prairie Fires was eye-opening.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about other women, but I think the equivalent for me would be “Little House on the Prarie.”

I think about how Ma and Pa Ingalls managed at least once a week. Maybe more often.

Oh, I do think about hits a lot, also related is thinking about outlander and how I would deal if I was suddenly thrust into the 18th century — what I should have in my pockets in case that should ever happen (lots of cipro?), etc.

I also think about Star Trek a surprising amount of time — thinking about how they did things on other planets (like that planet with no gender, or the one where every rule violation was punished by the death penalty) or in various alternate timelines (like all the alternate timelines where people were just desperate and crazy because something awful had happened).

I think this is related to the murder/rape thought — basically women spend a lot of time thinking about what could go wrong and how they would handle various bad situations.

No, I don't think planning for involuntary time travel is the same as avoiding dark alleys.

[Anonymous]

New ways to frame the bogus claim that they make 17% less than men.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, I was thinking about the question the way someone else posted up thread:

“…the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.” So not necessarily something historical, but something unexpected.

That’s the way I was thinking about it, which would make personal safety something that you may think about a lot, but would not surprise people.
I kind of put hair and clothing in that category too— not super surprising that people think about those things regularly because you actually have to do something about them daily (or at least most do).

But, thinking about an ex-friend, to me, would be an equivalent because when I first saw someone mention that, I realized I do think about an ex-friend frequently. She pops into my head a lot given that we haven’t spoken in over seven years, but I never thought about the fact I think about her that often!

But many, many men DON'T realize how much women's daily lives are affected by concerns about personal safety.

I think the person who said murder is onto something, honestly. Because that is far more broad and encompassing that "ex-friend."

I had some close calls in my college years, so personal safety became top of mind for me in early 20s and stayed there until mid-40s. Traveling alone for work still makes me hypervigilant.

Reading murder detective books about serial killers made it worse, so I had to stop reading those books. Patricia Cornwell got me scared!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely my ex-best friend.

Most common themes:

Should I have been more forgiving of her non-apology apology?

Maybe our friendship was just meant to be temporal because our kids were friends?

Maybe our friendship was just about being allies on the PTA?

Was she unforgiving of my being so outspoken about the PTA president (whom I still consider a total jackass)?

Is life really about recognizing who's there for you (i.e., friends X and Y)?
(NB: For those who think about Jane Austen and Regency England, this question is a theme of the Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner -- which is not as lightweight as you might think, so don't turn your snippy little nose up at me. I was an English major too. Wait, wait . . . I'm losing my train of thought about my exBF . . . .

How does ex best friend theme in any way shape or form equate to Roman Empire ?

You just...don't get it.

So many don't get it and are taking this too seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op here, I was thinking about the question the way someone else posted up thread:

“…the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.” So not necessarily something historical, but something unexpected.

That’s the way I was thinking about it, which would make personal safety something that you may think about a lot, but would not surprise people.
I kind of put hair and clothing in that category too— not super surprising that people think about those things regularly because you actually have to do something about them daily (or at least most do).

But, thinking about an ex-friend, to me, would be an equivalent because when I first saw someone mention that, I realized I do think about an ex-friend frequently. She pops into my head a lot given that we haven’t spoken in over seven years, but I never thought about the fact I think about her that often!

Ok thanks for clarification - that is quite different from the thread title but fair enough.

Even “ex best friend” is stereotypical female subject to me.

Surprising would be:
Space time quantum theory
Traffic engineering school bus routes
Horse racing

It is not that they think about it. It is how often they think about it.

I think if you are not really in tune with tiktok and gen z's suble social cues, zeitgeist, and humor it is hard to get.

[Anonymous]

Cleaning lady, cook, gardener and a maid.

I think about them (affording them) once every waking hour. When kids were little, I thought about them even more. I would say that almost akin to having the frequency of men thinking about sex.

I am not spoiled though. I do not need a chauffeur.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely my ex-best friend.

Most common themes:

Should I have been more forgiving of her non-apology apology?

Maybe our friendship was just meant to be temporal because our kids were friends?

Maybe our friendship was just about being allies on the PTA?

Was she unforgiving of my being so outspoken about the PTA president (whom I still consider a total jackass)?

Is life really about recognizing who's there for you (i.e., friends X and Y)?
(NB: For those who think about Jane Austen and Regency England, this question is a theme of the Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner -- which is not as lightweight as you might think, so don't turn your snippy little nose up at me. I was an English major too. Wait, wait . . . I'm losing my train of thought about my exBF . . . .

How does ex best friend theme in any way shape or form equate to Roman Empire ?

You just...don't get it.

So many don't get it and are taking this too seriously.

Ooh, the thread police have arrived. No one is taking this seriously.

[Anonymous]

I love the #romanempire trend. My HS kid was into it last year because of world civilization class. We watched hours of a great YouTube channel, Historia Civilis

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Cults? Serial killers?

[Anonymous]

I'd have to say, not just murder, but all kinds of deadly scenarios and how to survive, and make sure my kids survive. Like natural disasters, car crashes, falling down the stairs, deadly pathogens, and yes, murder, etc. I don't think about these things constantly, in a need meds kind of way, but probably at least every couple days. It's hard to avoid with the headlines these days.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Hating men?

I think about how screwed over women are in 99% of societies—-pretty much everyday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd have to say, not just murder, but all kinds of deadly scenarios and how to survive, and make sure my kids survive. Like natural disasters, car crashes, falling down the stairs, deadly pathogens, and yes, murder, etc. I don't think about these things constantly, in a need meds kind of way, but probably at least every couple days. It's hard to avoid with the headlines these days.

Me again. Also noting that I am a suburban mother of 3, in a very safe area (pointing out my different viewpoint from the previous suburban mom poster who never ever considers such things).

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