God has created men with broad chests and shoulders, not broad hips, so that men can understand wisdom. But the place where the filth flows out is small. With women it's the other way around. That's why they have lots of filth and little wisdom.
— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

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Table Talk or letters

Date / Period

c. 1530s-1540s

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Controversial

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https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=history_…

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