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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that was always one of the weirder sides of the Patriarchy, establishing naming conventions like the suffix -ess being female but still giving the title High Priestess of Athena Polias to a man.