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Misogyny at it's finest ^
The shrew – an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterized by scolding, nagging, and aggression.
At that time any show of high intelligence or independence from a woman would be considered a shrew....I guess all modern women would be shrews. We’ve come a long way!
After a roundtrip to get to the bottom of the word "shrew"...I'm pissed. Well, in my language the "shrew"-part of the title is meant as "unruly, rebellious" (which I'd take any day in opposition to "Xanthippe, virago").
it's kind of interesting that there's a plethora of (ancient) names for women who don't do as they're told (or as expected), but none of them is positive...long story short: I guess I'd have been burned on the stake if I had been born back then.
(and on a side-note: if being " a Xanthippe" means I'm about to kick my husband's ass because he's spending money and "philosphizing in Athen's streets" is his means of killing time, while endangering his sons...yeah, then I would be one, too! #－.－))