Royalty 101: Harems & Palace Women

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  @bellagia263 · 4 years ago

  Imagine being one of the girls selected for the harem but never spent a night with the emperor. You could just hang out all day with your friends learning stuff and chilling. And you would never have to scheme to protect your kid from assassination.

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• AT

  @atlaskat7980 · 4 years ago

  I love learning about women's history, but this sexual slavery of all of history makes me so sick and upset

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• IR

  @irawilliams343 · 4 years ago

  The sole reason why Empress Wu Zetian has been portrayed in such a negative way is because of the patriarchy in ancient Chinese society. Women are rarely mentioned in history records and if they are mentioned its because they cause misfortune and intrigue. It's not easy surviving in the harem where there's a lot of scheaming going on. You need to be ruthless if you want to live. Empress Wu Zetian broke glass ceilings and proved that women could rule the same way Elizabeth I, Isabella of Castille, Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine the Great did.

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• JE

  @jencookie2920 · 4 years ago

  I’m Asian and I appreciate you talking about Asian history! Harems played a noticeable part too in history, even if it didn’t seem like it- Asian palace life sure is interesting, not just in the shows!

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• JA

  @Jaderabbit3485 · 4 years ago

  Can you imagine the story of one of these women that knew she had no chance with the emporer but was kept around because she'd made a mean cappacino

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• ME

  @melisnl · 4 years ago

  My heart goes out to all those poor girls and women.

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• LO

  @Lollypop1226 · 4 years ago

  I love when Lindsay makes history videos about places outside of Europe!

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• SC

  @Scweetoof · 4 years ago

  It’s pretty evil what happened to those women who had been starved and forced to give their menstrual blood to the emperor

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• DI

  @dipanwitadasgupta5221 · 4 years ago

  Empress Wu Zetian has a lot of bad publicity - many experts have agreed her reputation has been deliberately trashed so I don't think it's fair to her actual achievements.  The blank stele was meant to insult  & ridicule her but honestly I think it's like they couldn't be sure what to write or what to leave out 👀

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• ST

  @stuffwithsoph8264 · 4 years ago

  Why is nobody talking about the one guy DRINKING PERIOD BLOOD 💀💀

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• KE

  @Kerriangel · 4 years ago (edited)

  Big Smoke voice: I’ll have One Empress. Three Consorts, nine Imperial concubines, one who is Wu Zeitan, 27 shifus, 81 Imperial wives… and a large soda

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• SE

  @selenaaaaas · 4 years ago

  The fact that in order to lay w the emperor they had to go through all these gyno exams and not lay with anyone else … meanwhile the person they’re preserving themselves for is laying down w literally everyone 🥴 wow

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