The Chastity Plot

By Lisabeth During Author Interviews, Religion and Sexuality

Why has the ideal of chastity has persisted for so many centuries?

Divine, Demonic and Disordered: Women without Men in Song Dynasty China

By Hsiao-wen Cheng Asian Sexualities, Author Interviews

How were “manless women” viewed in Song Dynasty China?

‘The Stimulus of the Flesh’ and Margaret Singleton’s Broken Vow

By Laura Wood Medieval

While many vowesses broke their chastity vows, Margaret Singleton’s case was different and remains an unsolved mystery.