Contributor: Erika Price - - Sometimes you inherit your wants. It was for her mother, her mother who wanted to marry Herod (though most daughters despise parents’ suitors), that Salome wanted the head. Salome wanted the head because her mother wanted the head, and Salome wanted to please her mother more than anything. She wanted the first unmoved mover to be happy, and there wasn’t really any proper concept of ‘happy’ back then except to be wed. Barriers had to be squelched. Red tape severed. And John the Baptist said unto Herod that schtupping his brother’s wife (Salome’s mom) was a total bro-code violation. And Herod was one of those dudes who was not trying to fuck with the bro code. Women will persuade you into all kinds of amoral things, being creatures of the earth and not Heaven, but John the B had internal consistency. Salome’s...

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Author: Erika Price