Posted in History, Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on May 3, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Researchers from the U.S. and U.K. announced earlier today that a 16th century map of coastal Virginia and North Carolina reveals the location of a planned fort or settlement. And, they suggest, that spot, at the confluence of the Roanoke and Chowan rivers, may be where settlers from the Lost Colony headed. The lozenge shape [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged handbook of the sociology of gender, janet saltzman chafetz, judge buller, nc supreme court, rule of thumb on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“To illustrate the misogynous underpinnings of our society, analysts have referred to the ‘rule of thumb’ by which English and American law as recently as the 18th and 19th century reputedly upheld the right of a man to beat his wife with a rod, provided it was no thicker than his thumb…. “The rule was [...]
