From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity Joseph Machlis just a pistol to defend

just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road

she’ll have to confront her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions—and most of all

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From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity Joseph Machlis just a pistol to defendWhen Rome was at its height, an emperors male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in same sex affairs, even as he affirmed the moral dignity of women without any civic claim to honor. The gradual transformation